Speaking of imperial art.

It is generally divided into two schools: Legalism and Confucianism.

Why is there no Taoist Huang-Lao technique?

After all, the rule of inaction in the three generations has become a heaven that countless emperors yearn for in the later generations. However, after the rule of inaction in the three generations, the essence of the rule of inaction is actually benevolent politics. The court does not issue laws randomly, so that the people will not suffer due to changes in the laws.

Besides, it is very difficult to implement the dynasty of Huang Lao's art. There is no desire or desire in the court, no need or courage to expand externally, and no internal conflicts are triggered. Such a dynasty environment is not said to be non-existent, but it is rare.

But Legalism and Confucianism are different.

The emergence of the Legalists directly ended the loose state of feudalization in the Central Plains of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After the war, all the vassal states began to reform, and Wei, Qin, Chu, Zhao, and Qi were unable to avoid it. But in the end, the Qin State, which had the most stringent laws, stood out and established the first unified feudal dynasty in China, the Great Qin Empire.

Moreover, the Legalist thoughts not only continued from the prosperity of the Warring States Period, but actually continued until the Han Dynasty. Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, when the Legalists and Confucians were fighting endlessly, the Han Dynasty still favored the Legalists a little when governing the country. Even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Legalists still had many fans.

After all, the cruel officials, a bad species that any official hates, was very prosperous in the Tang Dynasty. The cruel officials were actually a branch of the Legalists.

During the reign of Emperor Wu, Gongsun Hong recommended his fellow disciple Dong Zhongshu. After Dong Zhongshu proposed the concept of "the power of the king is granted by heaven", Emperor Wu of Han decided to abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism. However, this only determined the academic status of Confucianism and did not throw away all the other schools of thought.

Imperial arts.

Perhaps it was the legend that was passed down from that period.

But for the emperor, this kind of evil saying is definitely an intolerable existence.

After Zhao Xu saw the book with the three-character cover of "The Emperor's Art", a cold light appeared in his eyes. Hao Sui, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but chill. He noticed the emperor's strangeness and turned to gloating: "Old thief, death is coming, let's see how you survive."

The emperor of the Zhao family is the least arrogant emperor on weekdays, and so is Zhao Xu.

But when he saw the book "Imperial Arts" and the book was crippled among the people, the anger in his heart was difficult to calm down.

Zhao Xu stared at the cover and suddenly raised his head to Uncle San and said, "Can I see it?"

"Take it and see it? It's not worth it."

The third uncle generously pushed his treasure in front of Zhao Xu and said casually. This was reasonable, and he was reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy a book that he couldn't understand at all.

What's the reason?

Uncle San would never tell anyone in his life. He originally thought that this book was from the imperial history. A few years ago, he was not very literate and had limited characters. When he saw this book, he happened to be at the market. The other party asked for a very cheap price, so he sold it to him as the imperial calendar. After he went back, he secretly showed it to Li Kui, and then was ridiculed by Li Kui and said, "Grandpa Third, you have been cheated again."

Uncle San was so angry!

What is ‘Yi’? How smart is he? I deserve to be deceived because he knows few words?

Later, the third uncle, who did not believe in evil, decided to use the waste. At that time, the Li family began to develop and moved to a farm next to the county town. Later, Master Yan came to the clan of the clan to be a teacher, and Yan Song also came after a while.

With Yan Song reading and explaining to him, he realized that the content of this book was as vast as a galaxy and boundless.

When it comes to money, it’s really worthless, so I’ll sell it.

To count it, it is only sixty or seventy. The books in the Song Dynasty are famous for their exquisiteness. The books published by famous bookstores in the capital are often several cents a day. Another type is that literati find bookmakers to print them and give them to others after printing them. In the early years, Su Shi was very enthusiastic about this kind of thing. He often had no money, and it was related to his own collection of poems and poems that he had to pay for at his own expense during a while, and his relatives and friends gave them all. Later, he was too poor and Su Shi no longer had this hobby.

Although Zhao Xu was curious, he did not ask about the value of the book. In his opinion, the price of the book was not important, and the content was what he cared about the most. However, Hao Sui was different. The eunuchs in the palace came from poor families and were particularly sensitive to money. His sharp throat asked the third uncle sarcastically: "How much did this valuable book cost?"

"A hanging of money."

Uncle San said calmly. When Uncle San is open-minded, he doesn't avoid anything.

"A hang of money? Haha, can you always be a treasure of this kind?" Hao Sui mocked.

The third uncle was unmoved, and Hao Sui's mouth couldn't get along with him. Some of his masters were going to discipline him. Hao Sui's master was still by his side? It depends on Zhao Xu's thoughts. After Zhao Xu left the palace, he had a pseudonym Huang Zhong, but they were all the same. But Zhao Xu's thoughts were on the books, and he didn't even notice that the eunuch Hao Sui had the intention to compete for favor with the third uncle. On the contrary, the third uncle said indifferently: "The quality of the book is not the price, but do you understand the strategy in the book?"

Ask the eunuch, Taoluo, what can Hao Sui say?

When it comes to water control, Hao Sui can talk about it. Whether it is an official or an eunuch, he had more or less learned the method of water control before becoming an official. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had attended a water control cram school. This is a variety of strange methods and everything is available.

He could only grit his teeth and put his unwillingness in his stomach.

At this time, Zhao Xu was attracted by this book "The Art of Emperors". After he opened it carefully, a smell of bad paper came to his face. Zhao Xu endured the discomfort in his heart and cheered up and looked. After a closer look, he was disappointed.

There is a mess of content, and it seems that there is something to do with everything.

The contents of "Guiguzi" "Zhen Shu", "Zhong Jing", "Xunzi", "The Way of the King", "The Way of the Minister"... But as he looked, Zhao Xu seemed to see a little trick, and most of this book talks about the human heart.

How to figure out and how to control it, and finally it is the art of controlling power.

Although the length is messed up, the text is disordered, and the content is broken and wrong, it can be seen that the book seems to be printed with a discarded woodblock from the bookstore, and some of the words are blurred. It is obviously a book that was pieced together by an unscrupulous businessman using a discarded woodblock from someone else's house. It is better to say it is a hodgepodge than to say it is "Imperial Arts".

After closing the book, Zhao Xu saw the cover again and whispered to himself: "I seem to have seen this picture somewhere."

Hao Sui looked closely and said excitedly with a sense of accomplishment: "It's the Kitchen God."

Then he pointed at his third uncle and mocked him: "You treat the Kitchen God as the emperor, aren't you still dizzy?"

When the third uncle faced the accusation, he chuckled and said, "No matter who he is, it works. I have learned the skills that others do not have. This book is "Imperial Arts". What's wrong with the difficulties of all things in the world?"

Hao Sui felt that the third uncle was arguing.

But Zhao Xu is different after all. Since he was a child, he was surrounded by a group of teachers with rich knowledge and instilled with various principles. Of course, the imperial arts will not be lacking. But whoever gave Zhao Xu the chief Chongzheng Hall storytelling was Mr. Cheng Hao, so he naturally had to stuff the Confucian version of the emperor's benevolence and righteousness into the emperor's mind.

The kind are invincible!

What is righteousness!

These are the key points that Zhao Xu needs to learn. On the contrary, there is less involvement in power and other things. Cheng Hao even told Zhao Xu against his will that "Guiguzi" is the most evil book in the world.

As a student, the more the teacher stops him, the more he wants to give it a try.

Zhao Xu also read "Guiguzi", but he did not read it in depth. Fortunately, he could recognize that many of the third uncle's treasure books were all about Guiguzi. But he didn't think this book was so amazing. After hesitating, Zhao Xu decided to take the third uncle's first exam and asked: "What the predecessor said, all the difficulties are solved. Can you ask me to answer it?"

"certainly."

When did the Li family in Baizhang Village be afraid? The third uncle is not guilty.

Zhao Xu asked: "Since this book is "Imperial Arts", then the boy's problem is very simple. Can this book judge the emperor's faults?"

"What's wrong?" The third uncle suddenly felt a little guilty. He didn't know much about the emperor. I hope Zhao Xu could ask what he had heard of so that he would not show his flaws.

Zhao Xu asked: "Is Emperor Wu of Han a successful emperor?"

"Emperor Wu of Han?"

It's over! He has never heard of this emperor. The third uncle lamented in his heart. But he has never heard of it, but he has a way to make up for it on the spot. He kept whispering to Yan Song: "Yan Song, tell you about Emperor Wu of Han, I'm afraid everyone has never heard of it."

It seems that the third uncle present had never heard of this emperor. After all, he had the worst literacy level. But coincidentally, the emperor disliked Emperor Wu of Han very much. Even the ignorant Hao Sui also heard about the bad deeds of Emperor Wu of Han, such as competing for profit with the people, donating miscellaneous taxes, pursuing military force, and mutiny in the court... Why don't he look like a wise ruler?

As a scholar, Yan Song was very familiar with Emperor Wu of Han.

After all, this emperor established the dominance of Confucianism.

Yan Song was unbiased in talking about Emperor Wu of Han’s past, and his achievements and his analysis was quite appropriate. The third uncle understood that there was such a powerful emperor in the Central Plains.

The men in Baizhang Village are all warriors from the bottom of their hearts, and their blood of war is flowing in their chests. Just the words of Emperor Wu of Han: Those who offend me, who will be punished even if they are far away! This is enough to make the third uncle fascinated.

"A wise king, the emperor of the ages." Before Yan Song finished speaking, the third uncle gave his own evaluation.

But this evaluation disappointed Zhao Xu very much. From his position, it was impossible for the emperor of the Song Dynasty to judge, so he could only use other dynasties. Why did Emperor Wu of Han, who was obviously one of the signs of the emperor's world, dislike Zhao Xu so much? It was mainly because Empress Dowager Xuanren and the conservative officials all believed that the Song Dynasty was not as good as the war advantage of the Han Dynasty. Once the emperor was trained to become a warlike emperor, the Song Dynasty would be in danger.

Only then did this have been instilled with the sayings of Emperor Wu of Han’s tyrants.

Say it one sentence, maybe the listeners don't care.

But what do you say every day?

Can Zhao Xu still ignore the true meaning hidden by this sentence?

A feeling of disgust brewed in my heart, Zhao Xu sneered: "In my opinion, this is a tyrant."

"tyrant?"

The third uncle opened his eyes and stared at Zhao Xu, then shook his head and said, "Boy, you are too young. The emperor is different from the people. He wants to realize his emperor will. I ask you, has the emperor's will of Emperor Wu of Han realized? Are there any border troubles after Emperor Wu?"

"Oh!" The emperor was stunned, as if nothing had happened.

The third uncle asked: "Has Emperor Wu of Han lost control of the court?"

There is definitely not! This control of power is also an outstanding existence among the emperors of all generations.

"Third, if you expand your territory by five thousand miles in war, is it considered a foolish monarch?"

"Another, do you want to ask whether he is stupid in cultivating immortality?" The third uncle seemed to bring the topic to his own rhythm and spoke excitedly.

Zhao Xu nodded foolishly.

The third uncle sneered: "In my opinion, this is the highest level of an emperor. If the emperor can let his ministers guess his thoughts, then this emperor is almost the same even if he is not a puppet. How illusory is Emperor Wu of Han? He has never heard of anyone who has successfully cultivated immortals. But he did this, it is the best way for a superior to keep his mystery. If others don't cultivate immortals, they can't figure out him. If they cultivate immortals, they can't figure out him even more!"

...

The third uncle said he was happy, but Zhao Xu fell into deep thought.

Two days later, Gao Qiu was waiting for Li Kui early in the Zhuque Gate. When he saw Li Kui riding a horse from afar, he came up to him. The first thing he did when he met was to cry to Li Kui: "Renjie, do you go and take care of your third grandfather? He is so yelling that His Majesty has plans to become a disciple."

Li Kui said dumbfoundedly: "My third grandfather is the imperial tutor?" Then he sat on the saddle and glanced at Gao Qiu and said: "You are not confused, are you?"
Chapter completed!