Father can be an enemy to the country

"Yes, Sixth Brother, what do you mean? I've almost torn through this book." Old Eleven took out the obviously much older "Collection of Emperor Wen of Wei" from his sleeve and said with a puzzled face: "I haven't figured out anything yet."

"What kind of principles of our sect are hidden here?" Lao Twelve also muttered: "If they hadn't stopped me, I would have burned this book to see if there were any secrets hidden in it. "

"This is just an ordinary book. Don't bring the plots of those martial arts stories into reality." Zhu Zhen took the "Collection of Emperor Wen of Wei" and flipped through it before remembering that this was the day he set off from Nanjing. , I really couldn't stand being annoyed by the three of them, so I just took a book like this and asked them to go aside and realize it.

Damn it, how can Cao Buyi, this big idiot, have any sense?

But it's not easy to tell the truth at this time. It would be too disrespectful to the dignity of a teacher.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Xiongying and the other three felt that something was coming, so they all looked at him seriously, waiting for the teacher's speech.

If you don't say a few words this time, you won't be able to get off the stage.

Fortunately, he now has some ink in his stomach, so he can still cope with it, so he thought slowly and said slowly: "I let you read this book, actually, to let you understand Cao Pi from his life articles. Changes in mentality, especially before and after the Jian’an epidemic.”

"In the 22nd year of Jian'an, malaria was prevalent. Every family suffered from the pain of zombies, and every room was filled with wailing and mourning. Some died with their doors closed, or their families were overthrown and mourned." Old Eleven subconsciously recited, Cao Pi... Here comes his brother's famous article.

Xiongying also memorized a poem from Wang Can's "Seven Sorrows": "When I go out, I can't see anything. White bones cover the plain. There is a hungry woman on the road, abandoning her child in the grass. When I hear the cry of the howl, I shed my tears and don't return it."

Lao Twelve was not as studious as the two of them, and he choked out for a long time: "The man with the old nose died that year."

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The Qin and Han dynasties were the period of high incidence of plague in ancient China, and the 22nd year of Jian'an was the peak of peaks. This year, as Cao Zhi said, every family is suffering from the pain of zombies, and countless people have been wiped out by the plague.

As Cao Pi himself said in his letter: "In the past years, due to the epidemic, many relatives and friends were separated from each other. Xu, Chen, Ying, and Liu all passed away in an instant, which is painful..." As far as the literary world is concerned, among the seven sons of Jian'an, Five, all died in the plague.

The sudden end of the Seven Sons of Jian'an was a devastating blow to the literary world of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Cao Wei scribes group. For Cao Pi, these were his close friends of the same age. They grew up together and talked about literature and art together day and night. Their relationship was far closer than that of ordinary monarchs and ministers.

Therefore, their deaths brought a devastating blow to Cao Pi's soul. As the saying goes, "the pain is so painful when it passes away", this pain even completely diluted the joy that he finally defeated Cao Zhi and was established as the prince of Wei. .

What if he finds out that he has become a prince? In the face of horrific natural disasters, we are equally helpless and unable to save anyone. So what if the three countries are unified in the future? Still cannot change the fate of death and destruction of the country.

"Epidemics and disasters have occurred several times, and scholars have withered away. Who is left who can live a long life?" ’

'Since ancient times and now, there has been no country that has not been destroyed, and there has been no country that has not failed to dig its grave...'

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"From Cao Pi's article, it can be clearly seen that the 22nd year of Jian'an was a watershed." I heard Lao Shiyi talk about it: "From this year on, he began to think deeply about the heavy topic of life and death. "

"He said, 'Life has a shape of seven feet, and death has only the soil of a coffin. Only by establishing one's virtues and becoming famous can one be immortal; the next best thing is to write books.' In terms of establishing one's virtues and words, he must have done it, and he can be regarded as dying without regrets. ”

After a pause, Old Eleven sighed and said: "But the literati are immortal, and they have made meritorious deeds and established their reputations. He only neglected to mention meritorious service. But that is the most important thing he should do as the emperor of Wei. !”

"What he did was not bad." Lao Twelve scratched his head and said, "He stood up for himself on behalf of the Han Dynasty. He was upright in the ninth rank, pacified the north, and restored the Western Region. It can be considered a meritorious service after all."

"No, he changed Cao Cao's national policy of suppressing powerful people and favoring poor families, and used the nine-level Zhongzheng system to negotiate peace with the gentry. In fact, he single-handedly ruined the foundation created by his father and handed the country into the hands of the Sima family." Old Eleven resolutely said He shook his head and said: "So he can't be called meritorious in any case."

"Eleven, you have such insight, you didn't read the manual in vain." Zhu Zhen gave Brother Eleven a big thumbs up, and then said seriously:

"He actually evaded his most important responsibility, which is to rebuild the rules of procedure and code of conduct that have completely collapsed since the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"Rules of procedure, code of conduct?" The three people asked in confusion: "What do they mean?"

"These are two concepts with simple definitions but complex meanings. I will explain it to you slowly in the future. You can just understand it literally now - what are rules of procedure? It is how to make decisions on national affairs. What is behavior Criteria? The boundaries of privileges drawn for the emperor and princes and ministers.”

"I understand." The three nodded.

"The significance of these two principles is that they can effectively curb people's desires. Even though Emperor Wen of Han failed to be careful, and Emperor Jing of Han was too mean, they were able to generally curb their desires, and that was how the Wen-Jing rule came about."

"Although Emperor Wu and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty were the overlords of Legalism, they were able to avoid overstepping the boundaries, so the country did not collapse like the Qin Dynasty. After that, the powerful ministers who held the power of the country also knew clearly what not to do in order to give people a way to survive. "Zhu Zhen educated the three people seriously and said:

"It is precisely because these monarchs and ministers have accepted the constraints of rules of procedure and codes of conduct that they will not let the country collapse."

"Brother Six, I understand what you mean." Lao Eleven suddenly said: "You mean, Brother Ten is lacking these two things, which is why he has reached this stage today."

"That's right." Zhu Zhen nodded and continued: "The collapse of the late Han Dynasty was the collapse of rules of procedure and behavioral norms. The disaster of party supervision, the two emperors Huan Ling, and the ten permanent servants were all products of the collapse of rules. And Dong Zhuo It is the pinnacle of collapse, complete chaos, complete preying on the weak—"

"The result was that the earth fell apart, the country collapsed, and for four hundred years, the emperor and the Han Dynasty ate each other. The emperor was deposed and killed at will, and the monarchs and ministers fled everywhere without enough food. The proud people of the empire were completely reduced to nothing, and all the proud culture, art, military, and The economy and achievements all vanished..."

"The Confucian scholars were shocked, and the powerful were shocked. Both the intellectual circles and the princes from all walks of life are working hard to reconstruct the rules of procedure and behavioral norms of this era and restore order to the world."

"But at that time, this new rule could only be born in the Palace of the Prince of Wei. This historical responsibility fell on Cao Pi after he was established as the crown prince in the 22nd year of Jian'an." Zhu Zhen sighed. He said: "But then the great plague also came, destroying all his ambitions and ambitions, allowing him to evade his responsibilities, and even took the lead in ignoring the rules. He began to do whatever he wanted, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and disregarding all laws in the world!"

"As he said himself - 'Since ancient times and now, there has never been a country that is immortal, and there is no country that has not dug its own grave'! It is this kind of deep pessimism that makes him regard all tangible achievements as dung and despise everything in the world. Rules, obsessed with the admiration and pursuit of eternal nothingness, started the darkest history of China for the next four hundred years. "

Zhu Zhen finally looked at the three people with bright eyes and said: "Now, it is time to establish these two rules again. You must not imitate Cao Pi, let alone Lao Shi. You must shoulder your responsibilities and assist your father." Brother and brother, establish the Ming Dynasty’s rules of procedure and code of conduct and strictly abide by them, so that we can avoid China’s collapse again.”

"Yes, Sixth Brother."

"Yes, Uncle Six." The three of them hurriedly shouted respectfully, but they didn't know how much they understood.