Chapter 313 Palace
Even though his hair was gradually turning gray, Luo Xin was always so elegant. He saluted meticulously and said, "Your Majesty, may you be well."
Liu Heng ran over from his seat, tugged at Luo Xin's clothes expectantly, and looked up and said, "Uncle, you haven't finished the story you told me last time."
Luo Xinyan smiled slightly, knelt down, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I will continue to tell you now."
Storytelling is certainly not just about telling stories, but about teaching through entertainment, and teaching Liu Heng many truths through historical stories in a subtle way.
There are a large number of fables in the classics of various schools of thought, which are used to explain the ideas of their own schools.
History is the best story, and the Luo family happened to have the most history books, in which there were so many fascinating things. Luo Xin selected the ones suitable for Liu Heng to listen to, compiled them into a collection, and used them as teaching materials.
Luo Xin spent far more energy on educating Liu Heng than on handling state affairs. Now more than half of the government affairs are handled by his third brother Luo Yi. However, Luo Yi's health has been getting worse over the years.
Luo Xin had high expectations for Liu Heng because he had devoted so much effort to the Han Dynasty.
Since Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and the Han Kingdom became the Han Dynasty, who devoted the most effort to this dynasty?
Liu Bang? Lü Zhi?
Neither.
It’s Luo Xin.
The Han Dynasty lasted for more than 30 years, and Luo Xin served as prime minister for more than two-thirds of the time. He was deeply involved in the construction of the entire Han Dynasty's system, civil and military affairs.
Now that he has obtained the power of regent, he must do two things for the Han Dynasty.
The first was to continue implementing the previously formulated policies and guidelines and continuously restore the national strength of the Han Dynasty.
The second was to train an excellent and qualified successor for the Han Dynasty who could inherit his and Lu Zhi's political legacy and carry it forward.
The first thing is very simple. He has been the prime minister with real power for more than 20 years, and he is famous for his toughness and ruthlessness, which makes him very powerful in the court and in front of many princes.
Now he has the title of regent and the powerful support of the Luo clan. He has both the title and the power. His basic foundation is quite solid. No one can compete with him and they can only obey his orders.
As for the second thing, it is to learn from historical lessons. During the Zhou Dynasty, many vassal states carried out reforms, but most of them ended with the death of the leaders.
The reason for this is that under the monarchy system, if the next monarch fails to persist when the results of the reform are not yet firmly established, or even if there is the slightest sign of hesitation, he will be deposed by the omnipresent aristocratic bureaucrats.
Luo Xin’s goal in training Liu Heng is both simple and difficult.
You must not only stick to your own judgment, but also be good at accepting the opinions of your subjects.
You must treat your subjects with affection and loyalty, but you must also act without hesitation.
One must have great love that benefits all living things, and also have the determination to make choices decisively.
The story that Luo Xin told Liu Heng was about the early Western Zhou Dynasty. This story is very interesting because the Luo family at that time was not strong enough in family background, but had a very high political status.
Luo Xin talked about the place where King Li of Zhou angered Duke Wen of Luo and drove him away.
Liu Heng listened very seriously, and said angrily with a puffy face: "Lord Wen of Luo is so powerful and a loyal minister, but King Li of Zhou actually drove him away. Something must have happened. Uncle, please tell me quickly, is King Li of Zhou in a miserable state?"
Luo Xin smiled slightly. There is always a righteous side and an evil side in every story.
And the Luo family is always on the side of justice.
"King Li of Zhou led the six armies of the emperor to attack the State of Chu, and the sky was dark and the earth was gloomy..."
Luo Xin vividly recounted the unknown events, showing the stupidity of King Zhou Li. He would stop from time to time to ask Liu Heng, "Your Majesty, what do you think should be done at this time?"
This seems to be a question on the surface, but after Luo Xin has told him so much and under Luo Xin's patient guidance, Liu Heng actually has no choice but to give that fixed answer.
But Liu Heng didn't know, he thought it was his own choice.
The purpose of doing this is very simple. Luo discovered a long time ago that telling children not to do something or using prohibitive language is ineffective.
Because he will ignore the word "no" in front and deliberately do the thing behind it.
The real method of education is to tell him what to do and make him willing to do it, so as to penetrate into his heart.
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Weiyang Palace.
Zhang Yan opened the letter, which contained mostly routine greetings. The letter then told Zhang Yan about the problems the family was facing, hoping that she could issue an edict from the palace.
Although Zhang Yan was not regent, she was the empress dowager.
In the Han Dynasty, the empress dowager was higher than the emperor. Luo Xin's regent only seized the military and political power in legal terms, but the empress dowager's noble status would not disappear.
As long as Zhang Yan is willing to issue an edict, the legal effect of her edict is second only to Luo Xin's.
Seeing this, Zhang Yan frowned slightly. The power of the Liuhou Mansion was already so great, but did it still need an imperial decree from the palace?
What happened?
This couldn't help but make Zhang Yan feel frightened. The current Chang'an City was very different from before.
Marquis Huaiyin and Marquis Anyang returned to their fiefdoms and were not in Chang'an City at all. The mansions of Marquis Huaiyin and Marquis Anyang were vacant all year round.
After the death of Emperor Gao, Marquis Ying served as deputy prime minister and prime minister of Korea. Except for a few old friends, he basically did not see outsiders.
The voice of Ying Hou almost disappeared from Chang'an City. Even his descendants were placed in Zhaocheng, the ancestral home of the Luo family, and they had no contact with the second generation of meritorious officials.
Only the Dong'e Marquis's mansion was left, but the Dong'e Marquis's personality made him dislike noise and he was too majestic, so even the officials of the Luo clan rarely visited him.
Nowadays, the Liuhou Mansion is crowded with people every day. The second generation of the founding fathers gather in the mansion one after another, completely unaware that this is a big taboo, because Changle Palace will think that their fathers are behind this.
Then she looked down, and was instantly shocked and angry. The Liuhou Mansion had actually seized land and was sued.
Fortunately, Luo Xin was still afraid of the regent and no one was killed, but this incident was really embarrassing.
The official who tried the case was a student of Mengshi Confucianism, and he was recommended by Luo Yi. He did not give any face to Liuhou Mansion at all, which forced Liuhou Mansion to send a letter to the palace.
"How foolish!"
Zhang Yan said in hatred: "During the period when the Grand Prime Minister was regent, they dared to do this. And they are from your Majesty's family, and they actually did such a thing."
But after all, they were her family members, so Zhang Yan had no choice. She just wanted to issue an edict, but the stern face of Prime Minister Luo Xin immediately emerged in her mind.
In fact, the former Prime Minister Luo Xin was a very kind person in Zhang Yan's eyes.
At that time, Emperor Xiaohui was still alive and often held family banquets in the palace. Prime Minister Luo Xin treated her very well.
Especially after she gave birth to the eldest son Liu Heng, the prime minister often praised her for her virtuous character, gentle personality, and talent, and said that she was the queen sent by God to the Han Dynasty.
But after the death of Emperor Xiaohui, Prime Minister Luo Xin changed.
He was still polite and no one could ever find fault with his etiquette.
But Zhang Yan was a very smart and sensitive woman. She could feel that Prime Minister Luo Xin loved Liu Heng very much, but she had a little doubt about herself.
Sometimes she would think it was an illusion, but she was actually a very smart woman.
She soon figured it out. Although Prime Minister Luo Xin and Emperor Xiaohui were nominally monarch and subject, they were actually as close as father and son. So the Prime Minister treated her as his daughter-in-law, and was naturally kind and happy to see them getting along so well.
However, when Emperor Xiaohui passed away, she was at the most mature stage of her life as a woman, and the social atmosphere was so open, so the prime minister would naturally pay more attention to her. This was a change in her mentality.
After understanding this, Zhang Yan became very low-key, always putting the emperor first in order to dispel the prime minister's vigilance.
But now the Liuhou Mansion has caused such a big trouble for her, which will definitely make the Prime Minister disgusted. It is a blatant violation of the law, oppression of the common people, and damage to the reputation of the emperor. Each and every one of them is not a trivial matter.
Now that the matter has been resolved, for the sake of the relationship between the emperor and her, the prime minister probably won't say much, but he will definitely keep it in mind.
It would be bad if the Prime Minister kept this matter under wraps. Zhang Yan, who often came into contact with Liu Heng and Luo Xin, knew very well how terrible this person was.
It can only be described as like a mountain or an abyss, and those deep eyes seem to have no end in sight.
"no!"
Zhang Yan suddenly woke up, "We can't send the letter directly, that would be a way to death."
She was worthy of being the queen chosen by Lu Zhi and Luo Xin for Liu Ying. Even though she was not very talented in politics, she was still very sensible and made the most correct choice at this time.
Zhang Yan paced in the Weiyang Palace, her heart was so anxious that she didn't even care about her manners. "First, we need to find out how serious the incident is, whether what is said in the letter is true, and whether anyone has died."
Zhang Yan immediately sent a palace maid out of the palace to find out what was going on. She wanted to see what was going on before deciding whether or not to talk to the prime minister directly about the matter.
The palace maid hurriedly left the Weiyang Palace, carrying Zhang Yan's letter. In the Changle Palace, there was an extra memorial on the desk of Luo Xin, who was teaching Liu Heng a story.
It was sent by Luo Yi, and it was about things related to Liu Hou Mansion.
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There are extensive records in both "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han" about Dong'a Hou Luo Xin giving lectures to Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng.
From this we can see that Dong'ehou was very concerned about the education of Emperor Hanwen. He even said: "The Luo family has been in power for thousands of years, and half of the wise emperors have been taught. If you teach the emperor in this way, the world will be at peace."
There have always been rumors in the world of Zhuxia that the Luo family has a special method of training successors, which can ensure that wise and holy rulers will appear from generation to generation. From the words of Dong'a Hou, it seems that this can be confirmed.
Luo Xin, Hou of Dong'a, even wrote textbooks himself for the education of Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng. The boring history was reflected in rich and interesting stories, and even became a model for later emperors to learn from.
The great achievements of Emperor Hanwen cannot be separated from this outstanding prime minister. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
(End of this chapter)
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