Guo Wei heard that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, went to pay tribute to Confucius, and immediately became interested.

Guo Wei came from a humble background, if he could reach the level of Han Gaozu, he would wake up with a smile in his dreams.

Therefore, Guo Wei had a presence, asking to follow the etiquette of Han Gaozu and worship Confucius.

The emperor made a request, and the ministers had to do it.

As a scholar in the court, Wang Pu was indispensable, but when he looked for it, there was only one sentence from "Historical Records".

"Emperor Gao is over Lu, and Confucius is in the ether prison."

Taigao is a sacrifice of pigs, cattle and sheep, with extremely high specifications, highlighting Liu Bang's respect for Master Confucius. But this sentence made Guo Wei a little dumbfounded.

Liu Bang passed by Ludi, did he go to Qufu? If you don't go to the Confucian Temple, you have offered sacrifices, are there any sacrifices, are there any rewards for the descendants of the old Master Confucius, and are there any thanks to the descendants of the Confucian family......

Guo Wei asked many key questions in a row, Wang Pu is so knowledgeable, he actually hesitated, who knows these details?

At this time, Wei Renpu spoke, he did his homework in advance, looked for the history books, and then said to Guo Wei: "Your Majesty, in the historical records of Gaozu Benji, there is no record of sacrificing Confucius. ”

"What?"

Guo Wei was shocked, the historical records were written in the Wudi Dynasty, it was the time to depose the hundred schools and respect Confucianism, if Liu Bang really went to worship Confucius, it happened to give the best support to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to respect Confucianism, Liu Cheda can say that Emperor Gaozu worships Confucius, I respect Confucianism, is to imitate Gaozu.

If that were the case, the whole thing would be simple.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a big fuss, how could he not write the history books?

But the problem is that there is no record in Gaozu Benji, but in "The Family of Confucius", a short sentence was written, and there is no time, which is really suspicious!

Wang Pu deserved to be a scholar, and after a short hesitation, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the record of the Book of Han, this incident occurred in November of the 12th year of Gaozu, returning to Chang'an from Huainan, passing through Ludi, and specially paying tribute to Confucius. ”

Guo Wei immediately asked people to look for it, and there was indeed a record in the "Book of Han", which seemed to be true.

But Wei Renpu was not in a hurry and laid out the evidence.

This time he took the original text of "Gaozu Benji", which was not recorded to pay tribute to Confucius, so what did Liu Bang do during this time?

"In the twelfth year, in October, Gaozu has attacked the army and left, and ordered the generals to chase after him."

In October. Liu Bang defeated Duo Bu first and beat him to the point of fleeing.

Gaozu returned, too much, stayed. Put the wine in the palace, call the old fathers and sons to indulge in wine, and get one hundred and twenty people in the middle of the hair, and teach the song. Drunk, Gaozu hit the building, and said for himself a poem: "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, Weijia is returning to his hometown in the sea, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet!" ”

Let the children be in harmony with them. Gao Zu danced, generously sad, and wept a few lines. Pei's father and brother said: "The wanderer is sad in his hometown." Although I am all closed, my soul is still happy after long live. And I have been rebellious since Pei Gong, and then there is a world, and he takes Pei as my soup and Muyi, and restores its people, and there is nothing in the world. ”

Liu Bang, who won a big victory, returned to his hometown Pei County, left the famous song of the wind, feasted and drank for more than ten days, Liu Bang was worried that the burden of the people in his hometown was too heavy and wanted to leave, his father and the people cried and begged, and Liu Bang stayed for another 3 days.

In other words, Liu Bang lived in Pei County for half a month to about 20 days.

During this period, Liu Bi, the Marquis of Pei, was the king of Wu.

The Han generals did not attack the cloth army in the north and south of Taoshui, and they were all broken, and chased and beheaded the cloth in Poyang.

Fan Xu, don't set the generals to be the generations, and behead Chen Feng as the city.

After doing so many great things, Liu Bang returned to Chang'an in November.

During the battle of Yu Bu, Liu Bang was hit by an arrow, and his injuries on the road became more and more serious. The famous White Horse Alliance was also established!

Liu Bang's illness is getting worse and worse. After Lu greeted the good doctor, the doctor entered the meeting, Gaozu asked the doctor, and the doctor said: "The disease can be treated." ”

But Liu Bang scolded and said: "I use cloth clothes to carry a three-foot sword to take the world, is this not the destiny of heaven?" Life is in the sky, although Bian Que is of no benefit! "So he refused to cure the disease, and gave him fifty pounds of gold.

Liu Bang died a few months later.

After reading through Gaozu Benji, especially in the last two years, Guo Wei sighed for a long time, Liu Bang, the emperor, is really not easy!

From the beginning of the army to resist Qin, he fought with Xiang Yu, and then established the Han Dynasty, and he worked non-stop until his death, all of which were working hard for the empire and eradicating all the evils.

Perhaps only when he was in Peixian, when he faced his hometown fathers and recited the song of the great wind, was Liu Bang's only moment to relax...... In a month's time, from Ludi to Chang'an, he still has a sick body, unless Liu Bang will shrink the ground into inches, otherwise it will never be possible.

After Guo Wei read it, he has determined that the sentence on "The Family of Confucius" should be fake, either it was faked by Taishi Gong, or it was filled in by later generations.

It is very likely that when the "Book of Han" was revised, it was given to the heavens, so November was chosen, so that the time seemed smooth, but it still could not withstand scrutiny.

It turns out that Liu Bang has not been to worship Confucius, think about it and know that if Liu Bang sacrificed Confucius and took Confucianism so seriously, why did Wenjing and Jingjing advocate the learning of Huang Lao and rule by inaction!

Why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty encounter so much resistance when he wanted to respect Confucianism?

In a word, it is the Confucian scholars of later generations who blatantly tampered with history in order to put gold on their faces!

This kind of thing is not new, after all, in the era of hand-copied bamboo slips, it is still easy to fill in and subtract a few words, and the right to speak in culture is in the hands of a few people, as long as they can maintain a tacit understanding, they will not be exposed, and future generations can only make mistakes.

Watching the debate between Wei Renpu and Wang Pu, Ye Hua remembered the 14th chapter of the Tao Te Ching that was circulated in later generations, which was written, "Hold on to the ancient way to protect the present." Being able to know the beginning of the ancient times is the Taoist era. ”

However, in the unearthed Han silk book "Lao Tzu", it is written that "the way to hold the present is to control the present." To know the beginning of the ancients, it is called the Tao Age. ”

The difference between the present and the ancient, one word, but the meaning of Lao Tzu is far from the same.

As we all know, Confucianism advocates that the king of law should naturally use the ancient way to control the present, while the Legalists emphasize that the king of the queen of law should use the way of the present to govern the current problems.

Changing Lao Tzu's words to one word, let Lao Tzu stand on the side of Confucianism and increase the persuasiveness, this is the ability of Confucian scholars!

Due to the Confucian "criminal record", Ye Hua would rather believe that Liu Bang looked down on Confucius at all, and that he was busy drinking and singing in his hometown, enjoying the pleasure of returning to his hometown, so that he would not run upside down, worship Confucius, and offer three animal sacrifices, and dream of the Spring and Autumn Period!

Wang Pu was very embarrassed, he stared at Wei Renpu hesitantly, and said in his heart When did the surname Wei rise in knowledge, and he was able to catch himself off guard?

It's not like he can do it!

Wang Pu kept drawing question marks in his heart, he looked left and right, and found Ye Hua, who had been there all along...... It can't be this kid's idea, right?

He was a little quick-witted, but he was not very old, and he heard that his knowledge was not very good, how did he find the loopholes?

Wang Pu shook his head, he couldn't figure out who ordered Wei Renpu and opened his mind.

Anyway, the most important thing at the moment is to persuade His Majesty to sacrifice Confucius.

"The minister thinks that even if Han Gaozu may not go to pay tribute to his master, His Majesty should also go. Master is the ancestor of scholars all over the world, and since the Han and Tang dynasties, he has been courteous to all generations. Li Siyuan, the former emperor of Mingzong, although he was a Hu person, also respected Confucius, once beheaded the end of Kong, and awarded Kong Renyu, the orphan of the Confucian family, as the master of Qufu County. Your Majesty's visit to Qufu this time is just right to reward the Confucian family, clean up the hearts of scholars, and kill many birds with one stone. ”

Wang Pu is a righteous gentleman, it is inevitable that his speech is a little angular, according to his meaning, if Guo Wei doesn't go, I'm afraid that even Li Siyuan will not be as good.

In this way, Guo Boss's charcoal-like heart is much cooler.

"You go down first, let me think about it!"

sent Wei Renpu and Wang Pu away, and Ye Hua also wanted to follow, but Guo Wei stopped him.

"Champion Hou, you go for a walk with me."

Ye Hua could only follow Guo Wei to the back garden. It's February right now, the spring breeze is like a cut, and the spring is cold. Guo Wei wore a thick fox fur and paced silently.

Neither of the monarchs and ministers spoke, and for almost a quarter of an hour, Guo Wei said slowly: "You say, should I go to sacrifice Kong?" ”

Ye Hua's mind was very heavy, and no one knew better than him what the consequences of the sacrifice hole would be at this time...... Not only the Great Zhou Dynasty, not just the Two Song Dynasty, and even the next thousand years, will pay the price for this decision, which is a bit heavy!

Even if you offend countless people, you have to speak out!

"Your Majesty founded the Great Zhou Dynasty and went to worship Confucius in person, doesn't it mean that Confucius is more noble than the emperor?"

Guo Wei pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "I am just a rough man, Master Confucius has taught the common people, and the merit is in the future, there is nothing wrong with me going to pay tribute!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Ye Hua was really anxious, "Your Majesty's every move is very important, how many people will make a fuss about Your Majesty's actions!" Ye Hua approached Guo Wei and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is no other day, is it Confucius or the emperor?" Although Confucius has been dead for more than a thousand years, there are still so many scholars who regard themselves as disciples of Confucius and Mencius, in their hearts, it is the ancestor who is important, or the emperor who is important! ”

These words were enough to be heart-wrenching, Guo Wei's pupils contracted instantly, and the majesty belonging to the emperor burst out, and he almost roared and asked: "Ye Hua, what do you say should be done?" ”

"Respect the hole, don't sacrifice the hole!"