Chapter 722

How big a ruler is depends on his own ability.

The more capable a ruler is, the greater his stomach is usually. That's because the ruler knows he can hold it and is willing to show the magnanimity that a ruler should have.

Only the rulers who have little ability will always have the fear of "XX wants to harm me". That is, they do not have the ability to suppress anyone. Naturally, even a trace of threat is not allowed. It is found that the threat will kill people by absurd and dirty means, and the family must be killed.

Another point is that rulers have to be young when they are capable. Many capable kings seem to have a lot of stomach when they are young and young, but when they wait for the rulers to be old, they will change their temperament "suddenly" and have to find any opportunity to cut off the threat. That's the worry of the older rulers. They are old. They are worried that the next generation's heirs can't hold down a group of old ministers. Can they not clear the way for the next generation's heirs to take over power while they are still alive?

Now Liu Yan is in his prime of life. A group of ministers and workers who follow him are relatively old. There is really no concern about Han Xin by Liu Bang, so there is no need to worry that he will ascend to heaven one day, leaving someone who has both ability and practical threat to break everything again and change the dynasty.

In his prime, Liu Yan was not afraid of any threat, but he did not allow his ministers to be too presumptuous. It has nothing to do with self-esteem and face as a king, but the existence of a person is a bad influence.

To put it bluntly, the official must be dignified. Otherwise, how should we maintain social stability? There is such a person who is always attacking the authority of the government, just like an ant in a house. He is digging corners all the time, which day he dug down the house.

Liu Yan walked slowly into the room, followed by Liu Shen. The father and son walked directly to the main position with a screen.

At that moment, Xu Zheng had stood up to give way. Ran min's cheeks twitched and kept saluting with the people.

After sitting down, Liu Yan waved his hand, took another look at ran min and said, "sit down."

The others sat down, but ran min kept his salute posture, hesitated for a moment, and said in a astringent voice, "Your Majesty, I am absolutely not dissatisfied."

"As an Hussars general, you should look like an Hussars general." Liu Yan didn't look at ran min, but glanced at the layout of the room: "go back and reserve Jin Baijin and send it to Shaofu."

"Hundred jin?" Ran min knew that Liu Yan was not really angry and had a smile on his face: "the king also knows that ministers do not collect money, is it less?"

The heavy atmosphere in the room dissipated with two words. Liu Yan was still the Liu Yan they knew. He still had the self-confidence that the ruler should have, and he was still generous to his officials. There was no trend to change.

Liu Yan is really generous to the people who follow him. There is always an equal reward for the corresponding credit. It is not only reflected in high-level officials, but also a small soldier in the military or a small local official. As long as there is credit, he will be rewarded.

In ten years, a group of people who were nothing at all had no meizhaiqun Ji, at least houses and land under their names, as long as there was no war battlefield. Some people who have been granted Marquis because of their achievements are sitting in the high hall, surrounded by beautiful women and heavy power. If their ambition is not endless, in fact, their life can be said to be very happy.

"Enough is enough, forever." Xu Zheng was not used to ran min's character that he would not die if he did not do it.

"The king is destined to be a famous King for thousands of years!" Ran min still smiled with a smile: "a hundred catties will be a hundred catties."

What Liu Yan said about "gold" is really gold, not brass.

In fact, the land of Zhuxia is vast, but to say that it is vast and rich in resources is really self deception. The land of Zhuxia has never been a territory rich in minerals, and even the great plains that can be used as grain producing areas are very few.

The precious metal reserves in Zhuxia are really not very good. Gold, silver, copper and iron are really a little less than those in other continents. In history, the Central Plains Dynasty obtained gold, silver and copper from the surrounding areas through the deficit of commodity trade. When it comes to resources, in fact, the amount of coal is OK. It is only when modern industry develops that coal can be widely used.

Gold was not regarded as a precious metal until the early Han Dynasty, but it was not a circulating currency on the market. It was generally made by the royal family as a beautiful gold cake to reward the ministers. For example, after the capture of Dawan, Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty gave 20000 gold cakes with special commemorative significance at one time. Because of their special significance, those gold cakes can also be used as ransom for the "immortal sin", which has led to the love of nobles and rich families to collect gold.

According to archaeological findings, after the death of nobles and rich families in the early Han Dynasty, the gold buried with them was the most in all dynasties, which led to the statement that Zhuxia gold was scarce by the early Han Dynasty. It must be said that this statement is simply the nonsense of some brick houses who don't keep their mouth shut. There is no rich gold deposit in the land of Zhuxia.

In today's Han Dynasty, gold is still not a currency in circulation on the market, mainly because the amount of gold is really not enough to support it to become a currency in circulation on the market, but it is a virtue like the first Han Dynasty. People with conditions will collect a batch, and Liu Yan will also reward some when sealing the reward.

What is the main use of gold at present? In addition to being made into jewelry, it is used for various decoration and decoration purposes.

Many people with enough status and wealth can't repair their houses without gold powder. Because of the color of gold itself, some people with enough gold also make a "gold version" of carved beautiful patterns on walls, floors and columns. If the light is enough, it's really golden.

Because of Liu Yan's arrival, no one understood what he was doing. Some should remove the old banquet and replace it with a new one. Naturally, people in the wine shop did it, but none of them became silent because of the arrival of the king. Because it's not a formal banquet, except that it can't be too much. Naturally, you can come as comfortable as you are. What you should talk about is still noisy.

"My Lord." Ran min didn't know when he had gathered up next to Liu Yan's seat, holding a jug of wine and patting: "I'm a rude man, open mouth, open mouth, but I'm absolutely loyal to the king."

Liu Yan smiled and raised the wine. He was so angry with himself that he could not stand the founding of the people's Republic of China. Ran min, who made a quick decision and attached the whole country, really had no bad feeling. He even felt that he could understand his ambition to seal the king, and there was no sense of urgency not to kill the future.

What's the difference between living without ideal and salted fish? But ambition should not aim at harming others when you are happy, nor should it exceed your ability, otherwise it will harm not only others but also yourself.

After drinking a whole pot of wine, ran min lit the empty pot. Just about to speak, someone said something outside the door, and he didn't hear it clearly.

"Taian, Zishen and Yanzhi?" Liu Yan knew that Ji Chang, sang Yu and LV Yi were all in this restaurant. He came directly to the military Party: "come in."

Ji Chang took the lead. Sang Yu and LV Yi walked side by side, followed by more than ten people, some of whom Liu Yan had no impression.

"See the king!"

They saluted Liu Yan first. It seemed that they suddenly found that Liu Shen was also present.

"I've seen Wang Zishen."

Liu Shen had already stood up and immediately saluted back to the people.

Liu Yan has been specially taking Liu Shen to appear on various occasions recently, giving people more and more affirmation that Liu Shen is the prince candidate he chose. Naturally, people pay more attention to Liu Shen.

When people came again, they must have more places. There were people in the wine shop who carried the table and sat on the cattail. There must be food and tableware for Yiying, as well as the people serving around them.

The current eating habits are very complex. Not only many foods are cooked and stewed on the spot, but even cut on the spot. It must be helped by people with special skills. Another thing is that drinking or drinking tea is basically a warm practice on the spot. The more formal the eating and drinking scene, the more people will serve next to it. It's not just to make a show, but it's necessary.

Fortunately, the elegant room is large enough to hold more than a dozen seats. Although it looks a little crowded, it can at least fit.

"My Lord." After sitting down, sang Yu immediately said, "the two people behind me are people from the mountain gate. They are all knowledgeable and talented people."

The arrangement of seats is a ring. People who think they have enough identity are in the front row, while others are in the back. It means that there are people sitting behind everyone.

When you look at the circular seats, it's actually very clear.

For example, Xu Zheng is in the same row with ran min, but behind them are three "Zheng" level Generals: Li Tan, Huan Wen and LV Tai. Xie an, the Zheng xizhonglang, will be at the corner of the second echelon, and the third echelon will be some Lang generals they brought with Li Kuang at the core.

Zhang Gan and Li Mao are sitting behind sang Yu, who just introduced them.

"My Lord."

Li Mao and Zhang Gan got up when sang Yu introduced them, gave a salute, and sat down again.

Liu Yan didn't talk to Zhang Gan and Li Mao for the first time. His eyes swept over Ji Chang and LV Yi, and then looked at the people behind them.

Ji Chang did not introduce anyone to Liu Yan. He did not engage in his own faction. This time, the "style of Xia Xue" only intended to act as the host. It should not be to compete for anything, but to ensure that the others do not lose balance when competing.

LV Yi introduced some people, basically from the south, focusing on Luo Han, the first talent in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Liu Yan won't be afraid to integrate cultural people at Liu Yan's sign. On the contrary, they should appreciate sang Yu and LV Yi for doing things well. They collected or pulled a group of people who can support the scene in a short time.

"Where is the mountain gate? What theory is the main pulse?"

Zhang Gan and Li Mao looked at each other in an instant, and Zhang Gan stood up.

"Sit down, sit down..." Liu Yan said with a smile, "there is no need for too much etiquette at the banquet."

Zhang Gan hesitated for a moment and sat down again after saluting, but straightened his waist and said slowly, "people in the countryside avoid the mountains of Leping county. Recently, they know that the emperor has expelled Hu prisoners and resumed the summer. Our school focuses on the study of Mencius."

Liu Yan studied Confucianism, otherwise he couldn't understand what Zhang Gan was talking about.

After Confucius, Confucianism formed eight factions in the Warring States period, including Zi Zhang Zhiru, Zi Si's Confucianism, Yan's Confucianism, Meng's Confucianism, Qi Diao's Confucianism, Zhong Liang's Confucianism, sun's Confucianism and Le Zheng's Confucianism.

Some of the eight factions in the Warring States period withered behind. After the first Han Dynasty, there were many more factions. They were distinguished mainly by studying a certain book. Some were good at annotating scriptures, some were specialized in joining the WTO and governing the world, and some could touch anything. In addition, they studied ancient texts and just wanted to create new meanings. To be honest, it was very chaotic.

Li Mao slowly straightened up his waist, saluted and said, "the son of heaven is on the top. Our school focuses on Jia Zi."

What is Jia Zi? Calling "Zi" was a custom of asking for family and great men in Universities in ancient times. Jia Zi in Li Mao's mouth was actually Jia Yi in the Western Han Dynasty.

Jia Yi was deeply influenced by Zhuangzi and Liezi. The main literary achievements of prose are political papers, commenting on current politics, with simple and solemn style and lively discussion. Lu Xun called it "Hongwen of the Western Han Dynasty", and his representative works include Guo Qin Lun, on accumulation and sparse, Chen Zheng Shi Shu and so on. His Ci and Fu are all Sao style, and the form tends to be scattered, which is the forerunner of the development of Han Fu. The most famous ones are hanging Qu Yuan Fu and Xi Niao Fu.

To tell the truth, Liu Yan certainly knew Mencius, but he was really strange to Jia Yi. He asked two more questions. He was impressed when he heard that Jia Yi had a book on crossing the Qin Dynasty.

"On crossing the Qin Dynasty" was not only a great work of Hongwen in the early Han Dynasty, but also few works that could be surpassed in any subsequent Dynasty. It is difficult to find reliable records about the Qin Empire in future generations because Confucianism focused on the discrediting and elimination of the Qin Empire for thousands of years. Generally, it is to take "on crossing the Qin Dynasty" for clues. That is to say, Jia Yi's "on crossing the Qin Dynasty" is very famous, but it is only the words of a family. He himself is also this kind of argument, and does not emphasize that what he says is the truth.

Liu Yan knows who Jia Yi is, but he doesn't know what he advocates.

Of course, Li Mao seized the opportunity to make a good introduction. Generally speaking, Jia Yi's proposition is to "build more princes, but less power", strengthen centralization of power and emphasize agriculture and restrain commerce.

To strengthen centralization of power, no ruler would not like it. Liu Yan paid attention to it and really remembered Li Mao.

[Zhang Gan and Li Mao are sang Yu's cards?] Liu Yan has always believed that sang Yu must have something to ask for in this play, which is likely to further suppress the southern cultural people.

Sang Yu not only introduced Zhang Gan and Li Mao, but also some others. Except Li Mao, no one gave Liu Yan too much interest.

Later, LV Yiyi introduced that in addition to kailuohan, the first talent of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were basically some well-known scholars, but Liu Yan asked again and again. They couldn't say anything that interested Liu Yan.

Li Mao seems to have taken the lead in this self introduction? Those who have a heart can see it naturally, but it makes some people anxious.