The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

After the meal, at this time, Lu An and Zhao Zheng should have worked their brains side by side to digest the meal, but now that there is an extra cub waiting to be fed, the two adults can only go after the meal when they are full. small food prep

As a responsible adult, Zhao Zheng flatly refused his elder brother's help. He was so confident that he took the machete and went to the backyard of Lu's house, chopped three bamboos and brought them back.

In the pre-Qin period before the rain belt moved southward, bamboo, a plant that likes temperature and humidity, was also widely planted in Xianyang.

Therefore, it is not difficult to find bamboo as panda food, but it is difficult to find the bamboo that Zhao Zheng's cubs like to eat.

Zhao Zheng didn't have much research on this aspect. He picked three at random, and just after moving back, he met the round faces his cubs longed for.

This little bear named "Sharp Knife" by Zhao Zheng is different from its owner. He is not picky at all.

Zhao Zheng observed it and found that although the bear was small, it had strong teeth. When he was chopping bamboo, he specially selected an old bamboo, and the bear cub gnawed it directly.

In Zhao Zheng's heart, the trust level of the bear that his brother had said was particularly strong after he grew up rose to a level.

The old winner’s animal husbandry skills are naturally full. Although Zhao Zheng has never raised a bear, he also knows that the good habits of the cubs should be raised from an early age. He had planned how to educate the cubs if they were picky eaters. Unexpectedly The bear didn't give him a chance to educate (vent).

In fact, the cub didn't like the old bamboo at all, but it was so sensitive that it sensed the danger of its master's imminent move, so it reluctantly opened its mouth.

Bah--it's actually quite unpalatable, it doesn't taste good at all, but it's okay, the bear can bear it for the first time, and after getting used to the two-legged beast...hehehe.

Zhao Zheng didn't know that this chubby bear cub wanted to plot against him. Seeing that it was willing to eat, he started to stroke the bear cub's back.

The bear cub is still covered with slightly curly lanugo hair. The main function of the lanugo hair is to keep warm, so it is very fluffy and thick. Zhao Zheng scratched it with his fingers, and it felt fine and soft, and it felt very good.

When the sharp knife was touched on the back while eating, it only shook its ears and did not make an attack. Zhao Zheng was very pleased with this docile gesture. He admired the bear's head again, then stood up and walked to Lu An "Brother, there is something I don't understand about Zheng."

"what?"

"Where did brother get so many stories? Zheng has never heard these stories from others."

This question... Lu An touched his chin, he didn't know why, anyway, he knew a lot of things since he was a child.

Aye told him that he was brought there by a fairy to teach, so he knew it naturally.However, after Lu An got a little older, he checked a lot of information, and he felt that he was not the same thing.

Although he didn't know why he knew it, Lu An felt that it had nothing to do with immortals.

But it's too troublesome to explain, and he hasn't told his brother about it yet. If he hasn't told his brother about it, he should tell Zheng'er first... In fact, he is very narrow-minded and his brother might not know what he will do.

Before he could speak, he turned a corner: "They are all stories from history books. Father and Aye collected a lot of these stories when they were young. Does Zheng'er want to read them?"

"No." Zhao Zheng refused straight away, very simply.

The people of Qin State didn't have much affection for history books. The historians themselves were sent by Emperor Zhou to various countries. They were supposed to record history at best, but they were quasi-spies at worst.

The founding history of Qin State itself is the shortest among the Seven Kingdoms, and there are still many difficult past events. As the King of Qin, these events naturally do not want to be recorded as dark history.And after the inheritance of the Zhou royal family was completely broken, the Qin historian who was directly responsible to the emperor of Zhou became a complete display.

Although they have not been dismissed, the only things they can record are the major events of each year, such as writing about wars and natural disasters, and they are not allowed to know more confidential content.

Affected by this environment, Zhao Zheng didn't have much interest in historians and history books. "What's so good about history books? It's all in the past. Isn't it good to focus on the future?"

Lu An was shocked by Zhao Zheng's blurted words. Whether it was the Lu family or Xunqing's, Lu An's education was all about Confucianism, and Confucian education attached great importance to history.He was already used to studying history, and this was the first time he was asked the question [what is the use of studying history].

Lu An thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Learning history, probably is to find a shortcut and avoid repeating the same mistakes?"

"Ok?"

"Give me an example." Lu An tried to recall, "There was a king... who wanted to attack another country, so the prince of that country wanted to assassinate him. He agreed to the assassination. However, just like King Liao of Wu, the king of that country must be vigilant in every possible way to the envoys sent by the country that is about to be attacked.

So the assassin thought of a way. He asked the crown prince to provide a map of one of the richest places in the attacked country, and then hid the dagger in it to ask the king of Qin, expressing their willingness to offer this piece of land to pray for protection from being attacked. , and guess what? "

Zhao Zheng was silent for a while, he moved his calf, and suddenly felt a pain in his knee for some reason, he changed his position uncomfortably, "What?"

"Of course the king doesn't want this area, what he wants is the whole country, but the location of that area happens to be a place with extremely complicated terrain. It would take a lot of effort to attack directly, so if there is a map, casualties can be avoided. So this is indeed what the king wants most.

However, because of the complex terrain of this place, if no one explains it, it will inevitably increase a lot of misunderstandings.The assassin knew this very well, so the assassin hid the dagger in the scroll, and when he unfolded the scroll little by little, he took out the dagger to assassinate the king who was concentrating on looking at the map. "

Lu An said, "So you see, if he had read the history books and knew the story of King Liao of Wu, would he still be assassinated?"

"And the person who came up with this assassination method may have been inspired by reading the story of Wu Wangliao. His final failure may be due to martial arts or luck, but generally speaking, he is only one step away from success."

"History is the story of people in the end." Lu An raised his cheek, "and the human heart will not change for thousands of years. The loyalty, treachery, good and evil are the same in every era, but the background has changed.

The way people deal with problems and the choices they make are mostly changed, so learning history is to hone yourself with the wisdom of the ancestors, and to use the stupidity of the ancestors to motivate yourself not to make the same mistakes. "

He tilted his head slightly, "When you read history, you have to put yourself in your shoes and think about how you would deal with the same problem. For example, if you were the king, what choice would you make? If you were the assassin, what would you think of? method of assassination."

"Then look at the other party's results and see if you can avoid this calculation. This is the way to learn history."

"Look at the end from the beginning, see the prosperity and see the decline." Lu An looked at his younger brother with deep eyes and said, "From the understanding of history to change the reality, this is the foundation of reading history."

"But sometimes even if someone reads the history thoroughly, they may not be able to avoid the same problem." Zhao Zheng lowered his eyes, "The bluegrass method promoted by the father... is clearly what Guan Zhong of Qi State did back then, but From the current point of view, this method is also very smooth in Qi State."

"That's because the greed in people's hearts will never change. When greed and self-confidence are superimposed, they will lose rational judgment." Lu An laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if you see it through. Didn’t anyone see through what they did? But didn’t the countries that were plotted by Guan Zi fall into the same trap?”

"The crowd usually seeks profit, and the truth is often only in the hands of a few. But no matter how wise the wise man is, the one who makes the decision is the king. If the king is not firm enough, how can a wise man resist the slander of thousands of fools?"

"It's useless for the king to be sober enough, no matter how wise the courtier is."

Lu An raised his hand to his chin and smiled, "Everyone can read military books and history books, but only one of them can be used freely. A wise man can know the autumn by looking at a leaf, and he can understand the truth by watching birds and beasts." However, fools know that winter is coming when the snow falls all over the place, which is not the case.”

Zhao Zheng was silent for a long time when he heard the words, and Lu An stopped persuading him. The two brothers held their chins together and looked at a plush in the yard rolling around on the ground holding bamboo in the same position, gnawing like intoxicated, for a long time. Then I heard Zhao Zheng say, "Then according to my elder brother...how should I read history?"

"Looking at how the ancients dealt with one thing and took another thing, how they thought about it, and then thought about what they would do if they were self-willed, the reason for mistakes will naturally come out."

"Turn the wisdom and mistakes of the ancients into a whetstone and then sharpen yourself, so that reading is useful."

Lu An replied like this, the two brothers were silent again, Zhao Zheng suddenly said, "But Qin has no history..."

"Then let's look at the history of the six countries, and also look at the history of those countries that have perished. There is something to learn from both the rise and fall, and how can Qin have no history?" Lu An smiled, looked sideways at Zhao Zheng and said softly "The history of the Qin State is all in Zong Lao's place, but it has not been recorded."

Elder Zong... Zhao Zheng frowned slightly when he heard the words, "Zheng understands. I will ask my father when I get back..." He paused suddenly, shook his head, "No, Zheng will go to ask for advice in person."

Lu An glanced at him with admiration, his expression was full of pride of "my brother is very smart, he can understand at a glance", this little expression made Zhao Zheng feel a little embarrassed, cough, he couldn't help but slightly raised his chin, Some proudly said, "I will take the historian with me then."

Bringing the historian with him is naturally for the purpose of compiling history books, but this matter is not something that a prince can decide, because Zhao Zheng didn't say anything dead, but he still showed his attitude.

Zhao Xiaozheng's character of giving others some sunshine and then returning to others' brilliance is too painful. Lu An couldn't hold it back, and gave his younger brother a loving touch after bowing his hands and being rude.

Zhao Zheng, who considered himself an adult, was speechless after feeling the light force on his head. Does his elder brother know how old he is?He is almost ready to marry a wife... Brother, do you still think he is a child of eight or nine years old?

But...forget it.

Zhao Zheng coughed dryly, covering the slightly raised corners of his mouth, and he suddenly remembered something, "Brother, the story of the map you just told... What do you think, if it is the king?"

The maps drawn in the pre-Qin period were quite abstract. If there was no one to explain and acquaintances to guide the way, even if you got the map, it would be very easy to make detours. Therefore, Zhao Zheng felt that it was very normal for the king in the brother’s story just to ask him to explain it to him.

He felt that he and his father might encounter the problem of assassination under the guise of offering a map in the future. With his brother's reading method, the brother who has read this story must have thought about how he should deal with it. Sure enough, he just After asking, I saw my elder brother raised his eyebrows, "It's very simple, just let someone copy this map immediately, enlarge it and hang it up, and then ask the person who contributed the map to explain it."

"If you use Qin's current paper, you can paint as big as you want, and you can find a few more craftsmen for two or three days. However, the country in this story happened in the past, and there is no Qin paper, so it is understandable. Zhenger If you want to prepare first, you can ask Zhifang to prepare large paper first."

"..." Zhao Zheng was silent for a while, feeling rather complicated, is it that simple?

How complicated do you want it?

Lu An raised his eyebrows. In the era of cold weapons, assassins can only use short weapons. To deal with short weapons, you just need to keep a distance. If you are really worried, you can wear a soft armor when you go up.

Of course, if it's the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, that's another matter... Wait, what is the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle?

Seeing that his elder brother's eyes suddenly shifted, Zhao Zheng hurriedly stretched out his hand and waved his brother to look at him, "Then what will you do if you are the assassin, brother?"

Lu An was silent for a while, raised the corners of his mouth, and frowned, "Zheng'er wants to know?"

No, still don't know.

Zhao Zheng turned his head slowly, thinking of the things his elder brother was messing with in his daily life, he felt that his elder brother's answer must be too heavy for him to bear.

Lu An braced his jaw, his eyes fell on the bear cub in the courtyard that had already eaten its stomach and climbed up a pear tree, hugged the trunk and began to snore, and said faintly: "I won't do such a thing. "

"Um?!"

"Assassinating a king is the most stupid thing." Lu An said softly, "Thinking that killing a king can save your country from being destroyed. This benefit is the lowest among all methods of saving the country, no less than drinking poison to quench your thirst."

"Even if you succeed by luck, the opponent's country will be in chaos for some time at most, and then the first thing after the new king takes power must be to destroy the country for revenge. This method of assassination to solve the problem is as stupid as it is naive. solution, but cause more trouble.”

He hooked the corners of his mouth and looked back at Zhao Zheng: "If you want to save the country and survive, it's impossible to just think about others being weak. You can only get stronger yourself."

Zhao Zheng nodded in agreement, and he also felt that this method was really stupid, but... "It's a pity for the assassin, a good warrior followed the prince..."

Although the story is not finished, it seems that there will be no good ending.

Lu An hooked the corner of his mouth, he turned his gaze, and happened to see Qing Ke who was guarding a few steps away with an armrest. The two looked at each other, and Qing Ke nodded to him.

Lu An was a little surprised, "Hey, Your Majesty sent Qing Ke to your side?"

"Well, my father said that there may be some changes these days, and I am afraid that there is danger around me." Zhao Zheng also looked at Qing Ke who was standing guard solemnly, his eyes sparkling, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Lu An and said, "Qing Ke is very strong, Last time he competed with senior brother Wei, the two were on par in infantry warfare."

"Not on the horse?"

"No, senior brother said that getting on a horse is unfair to Qingke, he has no good horse." Zhao Zheng paused, and said with some frustration, "A good horse like Duoduo is hard to find, but senior brother said that it is not yet old, so don't let it go." It's a blind date, otherwise I can ask for a foal to give to Qing Ke!"

Lu An's expression suddenly became indescribable.