I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 86 Husband is invincible?

"It is said that the husband does not fight, so no one in the world can fight with him. He is talking about people like the Empress Dowager Xiaowenbo."

"Just like what Laozi said in the "Tao Te Ching": Just because he doesn't compete with others, he is everywhere in the world, and no one can compete with him."

"Now, Empress Dowager Xiaowenbo has passed away;"

"If the Empress Dowager wants to become like the Empress Dowager Xiaowen Bo in the future, she should read more about Lao Tzu's teachings and understand the true meaning of 'the best is like water'..."

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Looking at the old man in front of him, speaking these words in an inexplicable and peaceful tone, Empress Dowager Dou couldn't help showing a little respect in her dim eyes.

Even the old man's last sentence, which was slightly didactic, did not make Empress Dowager Dou feel unhappy.

After a while, the old man turned sideways slowly, picked up a small wooden box full of bamboo slips from his side, and handed it forward, Empress Dou blushed from behind, and it finally reached her eyes.

"The old man's teaching today has really taught me a lot;"

"However, if such a precious allusion to the sages is placed in the hands of a blind old woman like me, I'm afraid I will be suspected of being violent?"

The slightly probing words caused the old man to smile lightly and shake his head, then he ignored Queen Mother Dou's polite refusal, got up with the wooden box and put it in front of Queen Mother Dou in front of the imperial case. superior.

"Perhaps the Empress Dowager does not lack such a set of Tao Te Ching."

"But this set of "Tao Te Ching" was specially copied by the old man for the Empress Dowager, and he made a lot of annotations."

"The old man was born in the countryside and doesn't know the etiquette in the palace;"

"I don't have a million-dollar family fortune, so I can prepare a decent gift for the old man."

"It's a mere gift, and I don't want to please the Queen Mother;"

"I just hope that I, an old man living in the countryside, won't make the Queen Mother feel unhappy..."

Seeing the old man's words reach this point, Empress Dowager Dou had no reason to refuse again, so she had to straighten up a little and bowed slightly to the old man.

"Mister, I'm serious..."

"If a learned person like Mr. can be regarded as a 'country man', then even if I am the emperor's mother, I'm afraid I can only be regarded as a stupid woman in a peasant family."

"Since the old gentleman has this intention, I will accept the gift."

After saying something softly, Empress Dowager Dou turned her head slightly to signal the eunuch beside her to accept the gift.

After the small wooden box full of bamboo slips was carried away by the eunuch, Empress Dowager Dou raised her head again and looked at the old man in front of her with a faint smile.

"I heard that after receiving a gift from the teacher, the student should also return the gift;"

"Although the old gentleman and I met for the first time today, I can be regarded as half a student of the old gentleman after hearing the old gentleman's words from the sages."

"It's just that I didn't know that my husband was coming, so I really didn't prepare a decent gift, and I didn't dare to use dirty property to humiliate my husband..."

As she said that, she saw Empress Dowager Dou lowering her head slowly, took out a bamboo palace card with "boy" written on it from her bosom, and handed it to the old man.

"This is the palace card for entering and exiting Changle Palace."

"Giving this palace card to Mr. is not for return;"

"But I hope that in the future, Mr. can come to Changle Palace often, and talk to me more about the truth of 'the best kindness is like water'..."

Hearing this, even though the old man's face remained unchanged, his gaze could not help but froze slightly;
Seemingly concerned, he looked in front of him, and saw the bamboo palace card with the words 'You can't stop coming and going'. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally the old man stretched out his hands and took the palace card respectfully.

Carefully putting the palace tablet into his arms again, the old man straightened up and kowtowed heavily to Empress Dowager Dou.

"The queen mother is so trustworthy, the old man really can't repay her..."

"I only hope that in the future, I can use this little bit of knowledge, which is not even superficial, to serve the Empress Dowager's trust..."

"Sir please get up, please get up..."

After another round of politeness, when the old man straightened up again, the old faint smile appeared on Empress Dowager Dou's face again.

In addition, he became more and more satisfied with introducing the old gentleman's youngest son, Liu Wu.

——For the "Tao Te Ching", or all the Huang-Lao theories including the "Tao Te Ching", Queen Mother Dou is very fond of it;
In fact, not only Empress Dowager Dou alone, but most of the people who were active in Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Xiaohui all had a natural liking for Huang-Lao Theory.

This is because at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the world experienced hundreds or even hundreds of years of wars such as the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han;
Years of wars have devastated the world, especially the wars at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which caused the people all over the world to be displaced and yearn for peace even more.

After realizing this situation, Emperor Taizu Gao issued an order: use Huang Lao's "inaction" technique as the governing program, lighten corvees and taxes, recuperate, and reform with the people.

Since then, the Huang-Lao theory, once unknown to the world, has gradually become the most prominent school and the only ruling school of the Han family.

Up to now, more than 40 years have passed since the death of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang;

In the past few decades, especially during the 20-odd years of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's reign, the world that was once devastated by wars has gradually presented a scene of "peace and prosperity".

As for the inaction of Huang Lao, who was used by Emperor Taizu Gao to stabilize and govern the world, although it has been gradually abandoned by the court, the huge historical inertia still affects the court and the public.

Especially old people like Queen Mother Dou are becoming more and more "obsessed" with Huang Lao's theory.

——Emperor Liu Qi likes the tactics of Legalism, and Empress Dowager Dou emphasizes the way of Huang Lao's inaction, which can be regarded as a balance between intentional and unintentional.

In the past, Empress Dowager Dou was always troubled by: she wanted to read the classics of Huang Lao theory, but there was no one around her who could answer her doubts;
This is because the Huang-Lao theory is notoriously difficult to learn compared to prominent schools such as Legalism and Confucianism.

Scholars who study Huang-Lao's theory start learning from childhood until they are 50 to [-] years old, and they will still be called "the bratty yellow-haired boy" by the Huang-Lao school;
Even at the age of 60, in the eyes of those academic giants who are proficient in Huang-Lao theory, they can only be regarded as "emerging talents" at best.

As for those scholars who are often in their [-]s and [-]s and can hold a copy of the "Tao Te Ching" in their hands and talk about it, they are either far away from their hometown in Kanto, or they are very old and dying.

But anyone who treats Huang Lao and has the energy to talk about Huang Lao's classics is basically recruited by the court.

Those who accept the requisition are now officials in the court;

Those who refused to expropriate were mostly in the 'recluse mountains and forests'.

But now, with the old man named 'Huang Sheng' by her side, Empress Dowager Dou no longer has to worry about it.

And this person is the youngest son that Empress Dowager Dou placed high hopes on: the one brought into the palace by King Liu Wu of Liang...

(End of this chapter)