Yu Hai raised his eyes and saw the four princes walking towards him with Wei Mian not far away, and reminded the eighth prince: "Your Highness, it's the fourth prince." ”

The Eighth Prince raised his eyes and looked over, and his overly beautiful face instantly became gloomy.

The fourth prince not far away didn't see the eighth prince, but Wei Mian beside him found out, and he opened his mouth to remind the fourth prince: "Your Highness, it's the eighth prince." ”

When the fourth prince heard this, he raised his eyes and looked over, and then collided with the eyes of the eighth prince.

At this moment, Yu Hai and Wei Mian seemed to see lightning and thunder.

The two quickly looked away from each other.

The eighth prince originally thought that the fourth prince would go in a different direction when he saw him, but he didn't think that the fourth prince walked straight towards him this time.

He raised his brow slightly, and then continued to walk forward. Every time he saw the four princes, he would not change direction.

Wei Mian and Yu Hai, who were behind the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince, saw that the two Highnesses did not change their direction, and they both walked towards each other, and their hearts did not feel lifted.

The two didn't walk straight towards each other. The fourth prince walked over with an expressionless face, and the eighth prince also walked forward with a cold face.

After a while, the two saw that they were about to stagger away, and at this moment, the two of them stopped unconsciously.

The Four Princes stood a little in front of the Eight Princes, and the Eight Princes stood a little behind the Four Princes.

The two turned their backs to each other and didn't look at each other.

"You are going to the fiefdom soon, before you go to the fiefdom, I hope you can stay away from the tenth brother." The Eighth Prince's tone was full of warnings, "You'd better stay away from the Tenth Brother all the time, and don't get any closer to the Tenth Brother for half a minute." ”

The fourth prince said coldly: "The matter between me and the tenth brother is not your turn. ”

The eighth prince looked ahead with both eyes, and did not give the fourth prince a corner of his eye.

"You have come forward now, and if you get close to the tenth brother, it will only bring danger to the tenth brother."

The four princes also didn't give the eighth prince a look. He said with a cold and handsome face, "You are more dangerous." ”

"Zhao Yun, you have now attracted the attention of the crown prince and the acting king, they will not touch you now, but what about in the future?" The eighth prince asked the fourth prince in a sharp tone, "When you are crowned king and have a fief, they will definitely not let you go, and you will implicate the tenth brother at that time." ”

He added: "The tenth brother is young, and he has no power. Whether it is the crown prince or the acting king, he can easily get rid of him. ”

The fourth prince was indifferent to the words of the eighth prince. He still said with a cold face: "Don't worry about it, I will protect the tenth brother." ”

"Zhao Yun, when you are crowned king, you will immediately go to the fiefdom, how can you protect the tenth brother?" The Eighth Prince said aggressively.

"It's none of your business." The Fourth Prince coldly warned the Eighth Prince, "Don't think that the things you do won't bring danger to the Tenth Brother. ”

His tone was full of persecution: "Zhao Yi, you are more dangerous!" With that, he left directly.

"Your Highness, the four princes are too arrogant." Yu Haijian was very dissatisfied with the attitude of the fourth prince towards the eighth prince, "Your Highness, we are still ......"

Before Yu Hai's words were finished, he saw a cold look from the Eighth Prince, and he was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth and lowered his head.

The Eighth Prince didn't say anything more and continued to walk in the direction of the East Palace.

The four princes continued to walk in the direction of Lanyuan Pavilion.

"Your Highness, what does the Eighth Prince mean?" Wei Mian also didn't like the Eighth Prince, "Why did he say that you would bring danger to His Highness the Tenth, obviously he was the most dangerous one." ”

The fourth prince said indifferently: "Don't bother with him. ”

"Your Highness, you know what kind of person the Eighth Prince is, and you know what he has done, why don't you get rid of him?" Yu Hai didn't understand why the Eighth Prince didn't get rid of the Four Princes, and Wei Mian also didn't understand why the Four Princes didn't get rid of the Eighth Prince. "If you don't get rid of the Eighth Prince, the Eighth Prince will definitely not let you go in the future."

The Fourth Prince naturally knew that the Eighth Prince would become his biggest threat in the future, but the Eighth Prince was not now.

"What will happen in the future, we will talk about it later."

"Your Highness!" Wei Mian shouted dissatisfied.

The fourth prince glanced at Wei Mian and said explainingly: "Zhao Yi is useful, you can't get rid of him now." ”

When Wei Mian heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then asked suspiciously and curiously: "Your Highness, what use can the Eighth Prince have?" ”

"He can protect the tenth brother." The fourth prince disliked the eighth prince very much. He felt that the Eighth Prince was too insidious and despicable, like a rat in the gutter. However, he knew that the Eighth Prince was sincere to Zhao Yao. The Eighth Prince would never let Zhao Yao have an accident. "After I go to the fiefdom as the king, it is very dangerous for the tenth brother to stay in the palace alone, and Zhao Yi will protect him."

The fourth prince and the eighth prince have a tacit understanding, that is, they will both protect Zhao Yao. No matter how they look at each other, they will not do anything to each other for the time being, because they are all waiting for Zhao Yao to grow up safely, waiting for Zhao Yao to become an adult and go to the fiefdom smoothly, away from the rights and wrongs of the capital.

Before Zhao Yao went to the fiefdom as an adult, they tacitly secretly protected Zhao Yao.

"Your Highness, can the Eighth Prince really protect the Ten Highnesses?" Wei Mian didn't believe in the Eighth Prince.

"He can." The fourth prince said, narrowing his eyes slightly, and a touch of darkness crossed his eyes, "If he can't protect the tenth brother, then there is no need for him to stay in the world." ”

The fourth prince knew what kind of person the eighth prince was, but he turned a blind eye to what he had done over the years, just because he could protect Zhao Yao.

For the four princes, it was a good thing to have one more person to protect Zhao Yao. He believed that he could protect Zhao Yao, but he couldn't be by Zhao Yao's side all the time. When he left the capital, he could only temporarily hand over Zhao Yao's safety to the Eighth Prince.

Hearing the fourth prince say this, Wei Mian was relieved and didn't say anything more about it.

The four princes returned to Lanyuan Pavilion and did not return to the History Museum. He is no longer studying history, and last year he was called by the emperor to serve in the Imperial Palace.

It is very important for Tingwei to be in charge of the punishment of the Great Zhou.

After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the important officials of the Tingwei Mansion were basically the children of the family. Although there are some officials from humble backgrounds in the Tingwei Mansion now, they do not have important positions and have no real power in their hands. Moreover, there are too many powerful people in the capital, and they look down on officials from poor families, and it is difficult for officials from poor families to control them.

The only one who can control the magnates in the capital and suppress the officials of the Tingwei Mansion is the prince, and the four princes are highly respected and full of poetry and laws, so they are the most suitable to go to the Tingwei Mansion.

In addition to reading subsets of scriptures and poems and songs, the four princes also like to read the law. He studied the laws of the previous dynasty and the Chen dynasty, as well as the dynasties before the Chen dynasty, very thoroughly.

In that year, after the establishment of the Great Zhou, the first emperor not only asked the Li family to establish Taixue and repair the broken rites, but also asked the Li family to help formulate the laws of the Great Zhou. Over the years, the Li family has also been repairing the laws of the Great Zhou, and the four princes have made a lot of efforts.

The Four Princes opposed torture, but did not reject severe punishment. He believed that without severe punishment, it would not deter those who were heinous. Of course, the punishment should not be blindly severe, but also merciful.

Last year, the emperor called the four princes to the Tingwei Mansion, in addition to asking him to frighten the officials of the Tingwei Mansion who were disciples of the family, but also to ask him to repair the laws of the Great Zhou.

Although the fourth prince knew that he would offend many children of the family if he went to the Tingwei Mansion, he didn't care. Like the emperor, he disliked the family and believed that the family was the main culprit for the oppression of the people. He has always felt that the Great Zhou is the Great Zhou of the people, not the Great Zhou of the family, so the family must be removed, otherwise the Great Zhou will definitely repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty or the Chen Dynasty in the future.

He returned to Lanyuan Pavilion in search of books on the law. He will not go to the fief in the future, and he will also make new laws for his fief.

And Zhao Yao is studying in the Wende Palace, and he is studying "Zuo Chuan" during this time.

"The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong."

After Mr. Xiao asked Zhao Yao to go back, he understood the meaning of this sentence well.

Coincidentally, Zhao Yao recently received a letter from the third uncle, and the third uncle also said this sentence and asked him how to understand it.

The superficial meaning of the phrase "the major affairs of the country lies in the sacrifice and war".

This sentence is from "Left Biography. Cheng Gong.

Zhao Yao didn't quite understand why the third uncle and Mr. Xiao asked him the meaning of this sentence?

In his opinion, the big things of the country, that is, national security, need to be maintained by a strong army. This is what he understands as "Rong". As for the "ritual", he felt that it was not necessary, because the present was not the past.

Past dynasties believed that there were gods on earth, and hoped to communicate with the gods through sacrifices and be blessed by the gods. However, the current Great Zhou does not need to sacrifice to the gods as in previous dynasties.

"Mother, do you think I understand?"

Concubine Liang nodded and said: "I think you understand very correctly, even if the Great Zhou completely quells all the wars, but a strong army is still needed, so as to protect the Great Zhou from being bullied by the Huns or other foreign races, or other foreign nations." ”

"But I think the meaning of this sentence specially asked by the third uncle and Mr. Xiao should not be as simple as I understand." Zhao Yao pointed to the word "Rong" and said, "I shouldn't have misunderstood the meaning of the word [Rong], but the word [ritual] should have other meanings besides sacrifice." ”

"What else does it mean?" Concubine Liang said, "Rituals are basically only related to sacrifices, don't think about it too much, I think you are right to understand this." ”

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, why did people in the past like sacrifices?" Zhao Yao asked, "Is it because of frequent natural disasters?" ”

"There are also reasons for this, and the main reason is to pray for God's blessing, such as good weather and good harvest." Concubine Liang said, "The people who used to worship were high priests at first, and later became emperors. The emperor himself offered sacrifices and prayed to God for blessings. ”

"Why was it a high priest's sacrifice at first, and then it became an emperor's sacrifice?"

"Not the emperor to be exact, but the Son of Heaven. The sacrifice of the high priest will make the people respect the high priest very much, and in the minds of the people, the high priest is more important than the Son of Heaven. And the Son of Heaven was also subject to the high priest, so the high priest was abolished later, and the Son of Heaven himself sacrificed. ”

"Actually, it is the Son of Heaven who wants to grasp the power of sacrifice and control the people, right?" Zhao Yao asked sharply.

"Yes."

"The [major affairs of the country, in the ritual and Rong] [ritual] is the meaning of the people's heart."

When Concubine Liang heard this, she was stunned at first, and then said approvingly: "You can also think so." ”

"The third uncle and Mr. Xiao want to tell me that the big thing in the country lies in the people's will and the army." Zhao Yao pinched his chin and said, "In the past, people used sacrifices to win the hearts of the people, but now the people are not stupid, and it will not work to simply rely on sacrifices to win them." ”

Concubine Liang asked: "Then what do you think the people's hearts should rely on to win over?" ”

"Mother, how long can the hearts of the people who have been gathered last for a long time?" Zhao Yao said with a serious face, "Actually, it's very simple to win the hearts of the people. ”

Concubine Liang deliberately asked, "What is a simple method?" ”

"That is, let the people have enough to eat and dress warmly." In fact, the people's demand is very simple, that is, they have food to eat, clothes to wear, and do not ask for other things. "Especially after the people have experienced the riots of the previous dynasty."

"Yes, the people just want to eat and wear warm clothes." Concubine Liang said, with a long sigh and said, "But it's not easy to let everyone eat enough and dress warmly, and no emperor can do it." In the peaceful and prosperous period of the previous dynasty, there were still many people who did not have enough to eat and did not wear warm clothes. ”

"What the third uncle and Mr. Xiao mean is that the people's will and the army are very important." Zhao Yao pulled the topic back again, he frowned, and said thoughtfully, "The people's will and the army are also a double-edged sword, and if they are used well, the country can be stable." If it is not used well, the country will be in turmoil. ”

Concubine Liang was secretly frightened. Although she had known that her son was smart for a long time, she didn't expect her son to think of so many things through a sentence [The major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong].

She listened to Zhao Yao continue: "How to use the double-edged sword of [Worship and Rong] well, the key is to look at the person holding the sword, that is, the emperor, so it is not easy to say that the emperor is not good." "What's so good about being an emperor, I really don't understand what it means for the prince and brother to compete for the throne.

A period of time later, Zheng Xilin, who was far away in the countryside, received a reply from Zhao Yao, and saw his understanding of the sentence "The major affairs of the country, in the worship and Rong" in the letter, he exclaimed in his heart: It is really better than the blue.

Sorry, there have been no updates on Calvin in the past two days. I still have insomnia for the past two days, I can't sleep all night, my brain is a mess, so I don't have any inspiration.

Two shifts will be resumed tomorrow.

The phrase "major events of the country, in the worship and Rong" means that the major affairs of the country are related to the people's hearts and the army, which is my understanding and not allowed.

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