The Child Emperor

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The Taizu of Great Chu, surnamed Han Mingfu, was originally a commoner in Donghai County, and eventually became the founding king of a generation. There are countless legends about him. Han Ruzi lived a closed life since he was a child, but he has heard many.

In these legends, Taizu's life was full of miracles. When he was born, he was covered by red clouds and proclaimed by thunder. Exploring the treasure... When fighting for the world, I was trapped several times and fell into a desperate situation. Every time, a god and a man helped me to turn the crisis into safety.

Yang Feng told a different kind of story, which Han Ruzi had never heard of.

When Taizu was just Han Fu, he was not an ordinary person. He had some surplus money in his family, but he didn't do production, and he didn't like to be an official. He spent money to donate a small official. Incompetent, but loves to make friends with heroes from all walks of life. There are often guests at home, and they have fun all night long, disturbing the neighbors, but no one dares to sue the officials. There are quite a few desperadoes in the guests of the Han family. .

The little property of the Han family couldn't stand the toss, and it was exhausted in three to five years. His father was pissed off, his brother and sister-in-law took their mother to live separately, and his wife washed her face with tears every day. If you have no money, you will borrow it, if you cannot borrow it, you will steal it, and if you cannot steal it, you will rob it.

In the autumn when he was twenty-five years old, the robbery incident happened, and Han Fu officially turned from a county official to a criminal. In order to avoid being hunted down, he had to abandon his wife and son and set foot on the road to escape. The friendship of the previous few years has brought rewards at this time, Han Fu has traveled from east to west, almost all the counties in the world, there are people to welcome him everywhere, good wine and good meat, local heroes come here especially, and he is willing to tie the knot with him at the turn of.

This is not an escape, more like a patrol.

But this kind of life only lasted for less than five years, Han Fu's reputation grew, and the government's pursuit of him became more and more strict. In the end, no matter how big a hero was, he could not keep this fugitive, and he had to flee to In the wilderness, associating with bandits, I dare not show up in public again.

The life of bandits is far from unrestrained and carefree, but they often suffer from hunger and hunger. They are always worried about the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, the competition for territory between different groups, and the internal power struggle. , the name will occasionally appear in the chat after drinking, but that's all.

Fortunately, Han Fu caught up with the great chaos in the first year of joining the bandit gang. He was not the first to make an uprising, but he had two advantages: he had a group of desperadoes under his command, and in the early stage of expanding their power, they rose up As for some of them betraying the Taizu, that is another story; they have a wide range of friends and are familiar with the situation in counties and counties all over the world. Wherever they lead their troops, they can find former friends and quickly gain the trust of the local people.

This is the end of Yang Feng's story, there is no obvious miracle in it, and then he left a question for the emperor: "You have heard many stories about Taizu, right? They are not all false, and there are some truths hidden in them, but it needs Dig carefully. I will give you three days to think about a question: There are hundreds of heroes who are good at making friends, why did Taizu win the world?"

"I know, because Taizu has gods to help." Han Ruzi blurted out.

Yang Feng looked at the emperor for a while, shook his head and said, "You don't know, think about it carefully."

Han Ruzi couldn't sleep anymore. The story told by Yang Feng attracted him, but the content was too little, and it was quite different from the image of Taizu described by his mother and servants. Yang Feng asked him to combine the two theories to deduce Find out why Taizu was able to win the world. It was so difficult, Han Ruzi tossed and turned all night, his eyes were red and swollen when he got up in the morning, and he didn't think of a clue.

In the next two days, Han Ruzi often lost his mind while listening to lectures during the day, and no one cared anyway. He was free to wander in the past of Taizu, the stories told by Yang Feng, the legends told by his mother, and the stories in the quiet room. War pictures came and went in and out of his mind, but they couldn't be coordinated together, like three different characters from different eras.

On the morning of the third day, he finally couldn't bear it any longer. Guo Cong, who was speaking poetry, just sat down on the stool and opened his mouth to speak when the emperor spoke first: "Mr. Guo has read a lot of books, right?"

The old gentleman was stunned, this was the first time he heard the emperor speak, and it was not allowed to pretend to be confused, so he could only grumble and say: "The old minister has been studying all his life, and he has never stopped studying. I dare not say that there are many. some."

"Then let's talk about something other than The Book of Songs today."

"Uh... this..."The Book of Songs" has only just begun, and a piece of "Guanju" has not yet been finished. Poems can express ambition, empathy, praise virtue, and stop evil. Poems have their own righteousness, touch the world, move Ghosts and gods, from the emperor to the common people, should all learn poetry..."

Guo Cong wanted to keep talking like this, so as to avoid the emperor's request, but Han Ruzi was going to answer Yang Feng's question tonight, and couldn't listen to the poems and word-for-word annotations, so he reached out and tapped on the book case, "Learning poetry is not a matter of time." , I want to hear something more useful today."

Guo Cong's expression changed suddenly, "Your Majesty, the "Book of Songs" is very useful, it can express one's will and emotion..."

Han Ruzi continued to knock on the book case, "Taizu didn't study poetry, I want to hear the stories of Taizu, Master Guo has read a lot of books, pick a few paragraphs and listen to it."

Guo Cong's face turned purple, so he could only look at the two eunuchs guarding the door. The eunuchs were also flustered and did not dare to give any hints. The King of Donghai who was sitting on the side seat stared at the emperor, both surprised and confused.

"Taizu... the stories of Taizu are recorded in the history of the country. If your majesty wants to hear it, the old minister can recommend a few doctors from the Imperial College and Taixue who specialize in national history. They..."

"It's too troublesome to find others, and I don't want to hear all of them. Master Guo can choose a few stories that can teach future generations."

An eunuch at the gate left in a hurry, Guo Cong was cornered, so he had to force himself to continue: "The Taizu's meritorious deeds are unprecedented, and there are too many stories that can teach future generations. This... Let the old minister think about it." ..."

Guo Cong thought for a while, his face turned blue and red, his breathing became more and more heavy, and suddenly he fell down and passed out!

The eunuch hurried forward to help, Han Ruzi was taken aback, he never thought that a simple request of his own would trigger such a serious reaction.

The King of the East China Sea laughed, "Ha, Guo Cong must have died in the line of duty. To die in front of the emperor, his whole life is worth it."

"Don't talk nonsense." Han Ruzi leaned forward to watch, he didn't want anyone to be forced to death because of his few words, "How is he?"

"Master Guo...is still alive." The eunuch said, at this time another eunuch came back, and they carried Guo Cong out together.

That's the end of the morning class.

"Why are you suddenly interested in Taizu?" Donghai King asked curiously when there were only two people left in the room.

"I remembered the pictures in the quiet room and some stories my mother told, so I wanted to hear how the ministers told about Taizu. I didn't expect...it would be like this. Is there any taboo about Taizu's story?"

"It's not Taizu that everyone is jealous of, but—you know who—anyway, some people don't want you to study history books, for fear that your ambition will expand." The King of Donghai shut his mouth.

Zuo Ji came in, took a few glances, and said nothing.

That night, Han Ruzi told Yang Feng what happened during the day, and Yang Feng said: "Your Majesty is not the time to read the history of the country. I have told enough stories. With those legends, I should be able to draw conclusions. Your Majesty will read the history again." Think about it, and when His Majesty understands it, let's go on."

So Yang Feng only taught the emperor how to read and write. When the homework was about to end, Han Ruzi asked, "What did Yang Gong do in the past?"

"I used to be a eunuch. I served the late emperor for more than ten years and watched him grow up with my own eyes."

"How about going further? Yang Gong must not have been a eunuch since he was a child, right?"

Yang Feng shook his head, "Of course not, I used to be a scholar... If Your Majesty is really interested in my experience, maybe you can talk about it when I finish talking about it from Taizu to Emperor Wu. Don't expect too much, Your Majesty, I My experience is very simple, and I can finish it in less than ten sentences."

Han Ruzi believes that Yang Feng's past is not simple.

Guo Cong never appeared again, and the teachers who taught the scriptures became more cautious in their words and deeds. They never said a word except for the contents of the book. Han Ruzi was not interested in forcing them to talk about the history of the country. Many deeds of Taizu.

In mid-April, news came from Kanto that King Qi refused to be interrogated by the court, and finally rebelled openly. Unfortunately, the time has passed. The princes and ministers who had secretly communicated with King Qi all turned to the court. Fu Cuihong - now General Pingdong, has won several victories in succession and attacked Qi Wang's government all the way, and the suppression of the rebellion is just around the corner.

The king of Donghai is both happy and worried. He is happy that his uncle has made great achievements and the foundation of the Cui family is more stable. What is worrying is that once the general wins and returns to Beijing, his cousin will be canonized as queen.

The other honorable attendants were only excited, talking all day long, all regretting that they could not go to the battlefield to make contributions, and sometimes their voices could be heard in Lingyun Pavilion, and it was from them that Han Ruzi learned about the progress of the war in the East. As for Yang Feng, he seemed He didn't care about the war in the distance at all, he didn't mention a word, and concentrated on teaching the emperor to read and urge the emperor to think.

The Battle of Qi affected the peaceful life of the emperor, so the lecture in the afternoon was cancelled, and he learned horseback riding and archery instead, in order to review the triumphant army one day.

Han Ruzi had never ridden a horse before, but fortunately there were many extremely docile horses in the imperial palace, and he would soon be able to sit on the horse's back and move forward, but he could not gallop.

Archery is difficult to learn. After two days, Han Ruzi could barely shoot the arrow near the target.

The study in the afternoon has one advantage. Han Ruzi has more contact with the honorable attendants, and he can even call out the names of a few people and have the opportunity to observe their abilities.

The "active contacts" predicted by Yang Feng have not yet appeared, and the attendants are very cautious, making eye contact with each other, but rarely looking at the emperor.

On the third day of learning riding and archery, the emperor and the king of the East China Sea added another compulsory content - fists, feet and swords. The queen mother was still worried that there would be assassins, so she hoped that the emperor could have some self-protection ability.

The teachers were the brothers and sisters of the Meng family who hadn't seen each other for many days. Meng E's elder brother resumed men's clothing and gave his real name, Meng Che.

It was from this pair of brothers and sisters that Han Ruzi found clues, and was finally able to answer Yang Feng's question: There are so many heroes with extensive acquaintances, why only Taizu Han Fu won the world?

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