Although Liu Bei did not value red tape, he was used to his military career when he was young. So even when he became an emperor, he was used to riding horses and taking a group of personal guards when he went on tour. (Of course, he is not old now, 39 years old)

However, because Cai Yong temporarily asked him to confess his love, he hoped that as the Grand Tutor, he could go with him to inspect and moved to Luoyang from now on and will not return to Chang'an for the time being.

Anyway, the Taifu doesn't have to go to court, and he always takes leave as an old and weak person. When Liu Bei officially moves the court over in the future, it will not be too late to ask him for advice if he has something to do.

Considering that Cai Yong was old, Liu Bei changed to a carriage on a patrol. He rode a six-wheeled new Jade Shi golden car, and Cai Yong also equipped it with a car.

Liu Bei's car is luxuriously decorated, but not very comfortable inside. It is mainly because it is necessary to consider the dignity of the Han Dynasty and is mainly elegant and decent, so the decoration style is very tough and cannot be too different from the original Luanyu carriage when Huan Ling was the original.

Fortunately, Huan Ling is not martial, and there has been no sample of sleeping car that the emperor has armed on patrol for many years. Therefore, it gives the craftsmen who are in charge a certain amount of room for play to absorb the technical advantages of the Western Regions caravan invented by Li Su.

In addition, the emperor's sleeping carriage was called "back carriage" since ancient times. If there is no window, it will be a back. If there is a window, it will be a back. Qin Shihuang used the same thing to travel around the world. Emperor Wu of Han also took a seat when he was on an armed patrol.

After Emperor Wu's death, Huo Guang was given a great salary. When Huo Guang died, Emperor Xuan of Han gave him a funeral like Xiao He's story, imitating Qin Shihuang's carriage to carry a corpse behind him.

However, since then, the Han emperor thought the name was unlucky and became a vehicle for funeral and transporting corpses. The "sleeper car" that the living emperor was riding, so he had to name it another way.

Today, the carriage Liu Bei was riding was called "Yu Shi Walu", which was almost the same as the amphibious and land-based ship built by Zhuge Liang in the Shangdang Battle. The carriage was three feet and six feet long, nine feet wide, and sixteen horses pulled a cart.

The carriage has a corridor four feet wide in front and back and one foot wide on the left and right, and there are walls inside the eaves of the corridor. The walls are only three feet long and seven feet wide. They are divided into two sections, one and a half feet long.

In front is the study room for government affairs, behind is the bedroom. Next to the study room is there a place to change clothes. The filth can be directly opened to the bottom cover of the carriage and discharged to the road.

However, even though he is so decent, Liu Bei still feels that it is not as comfortable as the car Li Su built for his father-in-law Cai Yong

Cai Yong did not have to talk about the decent court, so the car did not have a corridor, nor did he need to have a complex carved roof with flying eaves and brackets, but the indoor space was more spacious and comfortable.

The study room does not need to be stable and upright, and it is OK to lay out in a corner, and there is no tough furniture that is hindering its hands and feet.

The vacant location can even make the locker room bigger, achieve dry and wet separation, place a sink and bathtub, and even the locker bucket comes with its own flush.

Therefore, just two days before his tour, Liu Bei was in Xinfeng and Bashang places, at least the conditions were still in the Guanzhong Plain, and the conditions were pretty good, so he sat on his Yushi's lying on the bus. If he was uncomfortable, he could not sleep in the car at night.

On the third day, I passed Huayin County and entered the Luhan Road. The situation in the Lushan Mountains was steep and I could only live in the car every day. Liu Bei quickly despised his car for being too formalistic.

So he didn't wait to Luoyang, and he went to the Taifu's car to listen to the lecture every day, calling him a lecture.

Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh: It's so good that Boya's car that respects his father-in-law feels comfortable! This seat with a sponge stuffed in the skin is more comfortable than my throne!

Just in time, before Cai Yong set out, he also mentioned to Liu Bei that the key to ruling the barbarian land is to study the idea that since ancient times, those places have belonged to the hometown of China and created centripetal force."

Although Liu Bei thought Li Su was more professional, since Cai Yong also understood it, he would take advantage of the few days of traveling to learn in advance. As an emperor, although he didn't have to do it himself, he should understand the academic principles in it thoroughly and see if it was really useful.

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Cai Yong was obviously a bit pedantic. The emperor asked him that although he wanted to give practical answers, he could not get rid of the book bag. However, he still used his identity as a Taifu, hoping that the emperor could be inspired by himself rather than indoctrinated, so that the new understanding he gained would be more thorough.

Liu Bei came to ask him about this day, and the parade happened to be traveling at the foot of Mount Hua and continuing the journey.

Cai Yong was patient and started with the genealogy of famous mountains and rivers and ancient gods, establishing a deep orthodox cognitive foundation for Liu Bei:

"Since ancient times, the orthodox way belongs to the two paths of the universe. Six combinations spread across the world, and the ancient and modern times are endless.

When Confucius and Mencius and Gongyang advocated "to save the people from war as virtue", and even Dong Zhongshu, who is now dismissed, had his wrong attempts to investigate the "the way of the universe", which is to prove the orthodox destiny of heaven.

This path is mostly studied by Confucians, and the other hundreds of schools are also slightly involved. The "The Theory of Blessed Blessings in the Palace" compiled by the old minister and the son-in-law is also one of the attempts. At present, it is still the most suitable for the Han Dynasty.

In addition to this "way of the universe", orthodoxy also has the "way of the universe".

The way of the universe is not to argue that the rise and fall of dynasties will last forever, and the destiny of heaven will be forever. It focuses on the radiation of Chinese virtues, which is pleasant to be far away, and will not be far away. Most of this way have been cultivated by historians. Those who study the mysteries of historical books can guess the origin of it. I wonder if Your Majesty has read history quite well?"

To translate Cai Yong's words in human language, it is:

Yu Dao proves that China is far away and cannot reach its peak. He finds ways to prove that no matter how many millions of miles away in space, it is also divided by the descendants of Yan and Huang, so I have the right to take it back.

The Dao of the universe is the kind of blessing theory that the palace has developed, trying to prove that the destiny of heaven has lasted forever in time and time.

One is the spread of Chinese orthodox in space, and the other is the existence of time.

These two subjects actually have profound considerations. This is what the imperial philosophers who have worked on orthodox theory for the emperors in ancient and modern times do. However, most novices are not interested, so they are better at fighting and killing.

Cai Yong's academic direction is also about this, so he happens to have some research. If Cai Yong did not meet Li Su twelve years ago, of course he would not be able to come up with the "On the Blessed Destiny of the Palace", but if he was given time, he could also figure out some secondary results, but it was not as useful as it is now.

When Liu Bei heard Cai Yong say this, he immediately became solemn. He was humble: "I have never studied at a young age. Since I started a military campaign, I often ask the doctors around me to learn from history and learn from the success and substitution.

However, I only read the historical materials that can directly draw on the ancients' administration, military use, and human use practices, and I have never dabbled in the rest. The Taifu was the first historian of the dynasty. My brief reading of history is not worth mentioning. I would like to ask the Taifu to teach me bluntly.

Anyway, I will arrive in Luoyang for three or four days, and I will have time. I will concentrate on asking the Taifu for advice in these three days."

Liu Bei was so humble, mainly because his psychological expectations were instantly raised: Cai Yong wanted to introduce a trick, if it was another awesome thing like "Dian Xing You Fu", then he, the emperor, would have done too well. God directly gave him two god-level killing weapons: time and space!

Cai Yong had a clear mind, so he started to literate from the basics: "Since Your Majesty has also read historical books, the first chapter of the "Records of the Grand Historian" "The Records of the Five Emperors", do you always understand it?"

Liu Bei was stunned and a little embarrassed: "This... I have seen it. To be honest, I always feel that if I have a detailed description of the gains and losses of the emperor's governance, I will study it seriously, and if I don't understand it, I will ask a doctor to give it to me.

However, although this "Book of the Five Emperors" is the first chapter of the record of the Grand Historian, it is vast and unreasonable. It only talks about the inheritance of the Five Emperors' bloodline, genealogy, migration and circulation, and has no experience and lessons to learn.

I am not a scholar, and I really don’t want to memorize the genealogy of ancient kings by rote. Is there any deep meaning in it?”

Liu Bei's defense was not someone who had read the full text of the Records of the Grand Historian. Perhaps he was a little confused after hearing it, so he needed to translate it a little more:

The main content of "Records of the Grand Historian. The Annals of the Five Emperors" is the beginning of Huangdi, plus the later Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Yao, and Shun, who are the ancestors of these five people, who are their descendants, what kind of brothers and sisters, what kind of wife they married, and where will they migrate to...

It is normal to think about it, especially modern people know that the systematic Chinese characters started with oracle bone inscriptions, so the Xia Dynasty could not even be clearly dug up the remains, and the original historical records were naturally extremely scarce. Even when Sima Qian wrote the records of the Grand Historian, he could only collect stories from legends.

In this case, the Five Emperors' Chronicle can only record these very rough things. At least, it was only when Yao and Shun started to have some allusions on administrative concepts, but to serve as a fable warning. The emperor, Zhuanxu, and Emperor Ku had no educational allusions at all, it was purely a family tree.

Not only will Liu Bei feel depressed after reading it, but many people who do not understand orthodox theory will be confused if they read "The Book of the Five Emperors", they will be confused, and they will all be worthless records!

However, in the eyes of experts like Cai Yong, the situation is completely different. Cai Yong directly sees the essence through the phenomenon.

He smiled and listened to Liu Bei's complaints, and inspired him: "Your Majesty thinks this is just a record of family tree and family history. After reading this article, there are at least 9,999 people, which is the same idea as Your Majesty. I don't know that there is another meaning, so the people can use it.

Let the old minister sort out his majesty. What does the genealogy and origin of the "Book of the Five Emperors" mean in a few sentences?

Huangdi was the son of Youxiong's Shaodian, with twenty-five sons and fourteen Jian clans. Huangdi's own concubine, Lanzu, was a native of Xiling, and the other concubines belonged to He clans, so his son had the bloodline of those clans...

Then, Xuan Xiao, the son of Huangdi, and Chang Yi, married his wife to the Fenghong clan of Dongyi and Shushan clan of Shushan clan respectively.

Changyi gave birth to Emperor Zhuanxu, and Xuanxiao's grandson was Emperor Ku, and Emperor Ku gave birth to Zhi, Fang Xun, and first established Zhi, but the world was not virtuous, and the people of the world changed to Fang Xun, and was Emperor Yao. Even the last Shun was the eighth-generation grandson of Emperor Huangdi and the son-in-law of Emperor Yao...

In summary, Huangdi is the head of the Five Emperors, the second Zhuanxu is the grandson of his second house, the third Emperor Ku is the great-grandson of his eldest house, Yao is the great-grandson, and Shun is the eighth-generation grandson of another branch..."

When Liu Bei heard this, he felt a little dizzy. He waved his hand and expressed his hope to speed up: "Tao Fu, although I don't read history carefully, I still know these things. Although I can't remember which house and which Huangdi are, I still remember the seniority. Can I just talk about the key points?"

Cai Yong shook his head helplessly: "The key point is here! Unfortunately, the old minister analyzed this for Your Majesty, but Your Majesty did not notice. Does Your Majesty think that Emperor Zhuanxu, Yao and Shun, are they really descendants of Emperor Huang?

At the end of the Fifth Emperor's Chronicle, the Grand Historian said: Most scholars call the Five Emperors, but the Shangshu only recorded since Yao. The minister of Confucius asked me about the virtues of the Five Emperors and the surnames of the Emperor, but Confucians did not. Looking at the Spring and Autumn Period and Mandarin, they discovered the virtues of the Five Emperors, and the surnames of the Emperor. I discussed the orders and selected the more elegant words, so I wrote them as the first book of the Chronicle.

What does Taishigong mean? The Confucianism respects the Book of Documents and advocates the "Three Dynasties of Governance", which is Yao, Shun and Yu, so it is recorded only below Yao. There were originally no first three of the Five Emperors. Taishigong chose good things from the Spring and Autumn Period and Mandarin to make up for so many things. Why did he make up for them? When he made up for them, did he really believe in the extra part of the "Mandarin"?"

Liu Bei was stunned. He had never thought about this problem before, nor had he philosophically demonstrated the authenticity of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors: "Isn't it?"

Cai Yong: "There is a secret that cannot be expressed in historic schools: the later the excavation of ancient history, the earlier the historical materials are excavated. The Book of Documents was earlier than the Mandarin, but Mandarin can add to the former that has not been heard of.

The person who compiled the "Shangshu" did not know that there were Huangdi, Zhuanxu, and Emperor Ku in the world, but only knew Yao and Shun.

Did Your Majesty never think that this is because when the Book of Documents was written, the scope of China did not include "Dongyi" and "Bashu", so the Yao and Shun lineages were narrow, and the people of the Dongyi people were not considered "descendants of Yao and Shun", so it doesn't matter.

It will not affect the view of the Zhou emperor's view of the world, nor will it feel that the concept of the territory of "Huaxia" and "barbarians" are too small.

The book "Mandarin" was written a little late. Perhaps Qi and Lu had already completed the Laiyi (Donglai), and the Qin people had already traded in Bashu. Therefore, there were more ancient monarchs above Yao and Shun. They also had side rooms, and the branches were to marry Dongyi's daughter, born by Shushan girl, and Changyi, born by Shushan girl, would also descend to Ruoshui (Yalong River, which is the area of ​​Yuezhi County)

What is all this for? It is for Yao and Shun to not have long enough that their descendants could not cover Donglai Bashu, and they created another more ancient ancestor of Yao and Shun, so that Yao and Shun had distant cousins ​​who were from Bashu and Donglai. Therefore, China has had the orthodox of Bashu and Donglai since ancient times, and they were all descendants of Huangdi.

In addition, Zuo Qiuming's "Mandarin" actually said more than the part accepted by Taishi Gong. In addition to the Five Emperors, the "Mandarin" also contains detailed records of the Three Emperors.

Taishi Gong quoted "Huangdi was the descendant of Shaodian" in "Mandarin", but did not quote "Shaodian, Fuxi and Nuwa, who married a daughter of the Chou family, gave birth to Huangdi, Yandi, and grandmother Huaxu".

If quoted completely, even the Emperor and Yan Emperor are brothers. Perhaps Tai Shigong felt it was unnecessary. After all, Yan Huang once had a battle and said that they were brothers, which also violated benevolence, filial piety and brotherhood. Huang Emperor's descendants are enough to cover China.

Therefore, today's division between "Huaxia" and "Biandi" can be determined within the current territory of the Han Dynasty. I would like to thank Zuo Qiuming and Taishigong for their keenness.
Chapter completed!