Author: Xu Yunhui
At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, on the Golden Palace, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, listened listlessly to Lu Jia's high-minded discussion on governing the country. Lu Jia said that the sound of the ancient Dao was suddenly high and low, like the hypnotic cicadas of midsummer, making Liu Bang sleepy. Finally, he couldn't bear it: "Stop! Stop telling Lao Tzu about the Book of Poetry and the Book of Shang! Your father and I are riding on horseback to lay down the jiangshan, and what bullshit does it have to do with the Book of Poetry and the Book of Shang! ”
Lu Jia said meaningfully, "Yes, Your Majesty is getting the world right away!" But do you still want to govern the world right away? ”
Liu Bang woke up like a dream, and Asked Lu Jia to write an article on the reasons for the fall of Qin and Hanxing and the gains and losses of the world. Lu Jia wrote twelve monographs in one sitting, "each one, Emperor Gao did not fail to praise the good," and approved these articles as "new language".
Lu Jia dared to fight with Liu Bang because he was a wise man who could see through and dared to say it!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > (i) has an oral debater</h1>
Lu Jia was full of economy, could speak eloquently, was deeply appreciated by Liu Bang, undertook the heavy responsibility of lobbying various princes, and was known as a "verbal debater". Before Liu Bang captured Wuguan, Lu Jia was ordered to go deep into the Tiger's Den with Li Sheng, lobbying the generals of the Qin army, and promising on behalf of the King of Han that as long as Qin would not move, he would definitely give Qin a generous reward. Liu Bang took advantage of the fact that Qin would move uncertainly, "Attacking Wuguan because of the attack, breaking it." ”
At the end of the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang was distressed that his father and Lü Shi were held hostage by Xiang Yu, and he felt that he was throwing a rat trap, so he ordered Lu Jia to go to the Chu camp and ask Xiang Yu to release the hostages, and Guangming Lei fell to duel. Lu Jia did everything in his power to persuade him bitterly, but unfortunately, "Yu Fu listened" and had to return in vain. Soon after, Xiang Yu pondered Lu Jia's words due to the unfavorable situation in the war, and finally put back Liu Taigong and others as a condition, in exchange for Chu Han using the gap as a boundary.
(Liu Taigong, Liu Bang's father)
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="41" > (ii) Tongue flat South Vietnam</h1>
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Longchuan commander Of the South China Sea ordered Wei Tuo (真定; present-day Zhending, Hebei) also, surnamed Zhao (赵氏), taking advantage of the opportunity of the herd to chase deer from the Central Plains, "immediately attacked and merged Guilin and Xiang County, and established himself as the King of Wu of South Vietnam." ”
After Liu Bang pacified Zhongyuan as empress, Lu Jia sent an envoy to give Wei Tuo the title of King of Nanyue in the Great Han Dynasty. Wei Tuo Yelang was arrogant, combing the conical hair bun popular among ethnic minorities, and met Lu Sheng in an extremely disrespectful "ji wei (sitting on his legs like a dustpan"). Lu Jiayizheng warned him in words: "You are Chinese, and the tomb of your relative Kundi is still in Zhending!" You violated the customs of Chinese, discarded your clothes and scarves, and dressed like a barbarian, could it be that you wanted to use South Vietnam to confront Tianzi as an enemy country? ”
Wei Tuo knew that he was wrong and was speechless. Lu Jia said nonchalantly: "The Great Han Tianzi loves the people deeply and does not want to mobilize the people to come to the crusade, so he sent his ministers to carry an envelope to seal you as the king of Nanyue." You should personally go to the outskirts to greet the envoys of the Great Han and face the north to pay homage to the courtiers. But you want to hit the stone with a pebble, untamed, and despise the envoy! If the imperial court learns of this, I am afraid that it will destroy the tomb of your true ancestors, destroy the clan, and send another general to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to the south. That is, the South Vietnamese killed you and surrendered the Han, it is as easy as a palm! ”
Wei Tuo was startled into a cold sweat, stood up to apologize, and asked himself who was more morally talented than Xiao He, Cao Shan, and Han Xin? Lu Jia casually said, "Of course, you are superior!" Wei Tuo unexpectedly asked again, "Who am I with Emperor Xian?" Lu Jia replied unceremoniously: "(The emperor) will prosper and eliminate harm for the world, inherit the cause of the five emperors and three kings, unify the world, and manage China!" ...... (You) are not more than tens of thousands, all barbarians, rugged mountains and seas, such as Han Yi County, Wang He Nai is better than Han! ”
Lu Jia's eloquence and erudition made Wei Tuo convinced and gladly accepted the appointment. Lu Jia "worshiped Tuo as the king of Nanyue and ordered his subjects to the Han Covenant." "This trip made Lu Jia very fruitful, not only successfully completed his political tasks, but also accepted thousands of gold worth of money by the way," gui, Emperor Gao said, bai Jia as the Taizhong doctor, and all the gifts given by the king of Nanyue were owned by him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="47" > (iii) supported Emperor Wen</h1>
After Emperor Hui of Han ascended the throne, the ambitious Empress Lü took charge of the imperial government and attempted to crown Lü's family as king. Lu Jia knew that if he approved, he would be ashamed of the former emperor, and if he denied it, he would exonerate Lü, and simply said that he was ill and resigned from the official and went into hiding.
Lu Jia sold all the property he had received during his mission to South Vietnam and divided it equally among his five sons to settle down and establish a business. He himself rode in a magnificent vehicle, carrying ten "song and dance drum and piano attendants" and swords worth a hundred gold, to the home of his five sons for ten days in turn, living a fairy-like life.
Although he is at ease, he is always concerned about the temple. At this time, Empress Lü had already unscrupulously completed the title of king of Zhu Lü, and Zhu Lü controlled the government of the dynasty, eager to try, trying to abuse power, "wanting to rob the lord of the few, endangering the Liu clan." Although Chen Ping, the Right Chancellor, had long been aware of Zhu Lü's plot to usurp Liu's Jiangshan, he was helpless and had to often think hard at home about how to stop the incident.
(Emperor Wen of Han)
Lu Jia directly broke into Chen Ping's home and offered a plan to the worried Chen Ping: "When the world is at peace, the chancellor is the most important; when the world is in turmoil, the general is the most important." Now, you are the phase, Zhou Bo is the general. The two of you should be as close as Lian Po and Lin Xiang are, and help the Han Room together. As long as the two of you work together, you will be able to foil the Lü conspiracy! And offered a few brilliant plans to deal with The Lü clan.
Chen Ping was deeply impressed, and immediately handed over zhou Bo, first took out five hundred gold to wish Zhou Bo a happy birthday, and then prepared a grand song and dance banquet to entertain Zhou Bo. Zhou Bo repaid Li with a peach and "also repaid it, and the two were deeply married" and formed an anti-Lü alliance, which finally made Lü's usurpation of power and stillborn. Lu Jia accepted Chen Ping's public relations expenses of "100 slaves, 50 cars and horses, and 5 million dollars", and took advantage of his special status as a wild crane to lobby the minister of public affairs to participate in the Chen Zhou Alliance.
Under the planning and encouragement of Lu Jia, the Han courtiers loyal to Liu clan killed Zhu Lü and established Emperor Wen of Han on the throne. Lu Jia made indelible contributions to the continuation of the Han Dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" > (4) re-pacify South Vietnam</h1>
During the lü dynasty, south Vietnam was once forbidden to buy iron in border markets. The king of Nanyue angrily broke with the central government, "Nai Self-esteem was called Emperor Wu of Nanyue, and sent an army to attack Changsha Bianyi." "Because the Han army whipper was out of reach and Lü Hou died, the king of Nanyue took the opportunity to expand his territory, took the imperial car on the left side of the Yellow House, and issued orders as an emperor, hoping to sit on an equal footing with the Han Dynasty.
After Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne, in order to solve the South Vietnamese problem without bloodshed, he first set up a tomb guard for Zhao Tuo in the tomb of his parents in Zhending, sacrificed on time every year, and then reused and rewarded his cousin in the Central Plains, and then ordered Chen Ping to recommend candidates suitable for envoys to South Vietnam.
Chen Pingren recommended Lu Sheng to serve as the Taizhong Doctor and again as a special envoy to South Vietnam. After Lu Jia arrived in South Vietnam, he rebuked the king of Nanyue for not sending a special envoy to report the central government's "self-proclaimed emperor" behavior of trespassing, and ordered him to immediately correct the behavior of the Yellow House and other transgressive behaviors, and could only adopt the same rituals as the princes.
The king of Nanyue, knowing that he was in a bad position and was "very afraid", specially wrote an apology to Emperor Wen of Han, explaining that he was first "suspicious of the king of Changsha", and then listened to the rumor that "Gao Hou did his best to curse the Tuo clan and dig up and burn the tomb of his ancestors" before he "stole the emperor's name and talked about it for self-amusement". He assured the Han court that the reasons would correct the mistakes and would always be willing to be a vassal of the Han court, and at the same time "ordered the kingdom to know: 'I have heard that the two heroes are not standing together, and the two sages are not together.'" Emperor, Xian Tianzi also. From now on, go to the left side of the (Wu) Imperial Yellow House. ”
After Lu Jia successfully completed his mission, he said, "Repay, Emperor Xiaowen said (Yue). "Lu Jia died at the age of seventy.
As a thinker who initiated Confucianism in the early Han Dynasty, Lu Jia formulated for Liu Bang the ruling ideology of "practicing benevolence and righteousness, practicing the law before holiness, combining etiquette with law, and ruling without doing anything" and the three principles of "practicing benevolence and righteousness and light punishment, closing the door and still being virtuous and righteous, hoeing the courtiers and seeking the virtuous and holy", making outstanding contributions to the social stability and progress of the Western Han Dynasty; as a diplomat, he safeguarded state sovereignty, "Lu Jia went south and blamed the rudeness of the barbarians." ”
People often use "see through and don't say broken" to praise the current affairs or the obscure masters of Taoguang. Lu Jia did the opposite, he dared to see through the words: in the face of Liu Bang's humiliation and ridicule, the king of Nanyue bowed down to his subjects, and cleverly ordered Chen Ping to join forces with Zhou Bo and others to eliminate Zhu Lü. This spirit of actively joining the WTO by Confucians who regard the world as their own responsibility is worthy of serious consideration and study by readers.
【About the author】Xu Yunhui, male, graduated from the Department of Chinese of Yunnan Normal University in 1984 and is now a senior lecturer at Baoshan No.1 Middle School Education Group in Yunnan Province. He has published two monographs and published more than 600,000 words in literary journals at or above the provincial level.
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