Chapter 22 Shen Suohao 21st

In the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said to his courtiers: "The ancients said, 'A king is like a vessel, and a man is like water. The size and radius lie in the vessel, not in the water.' Therefore, Yao and Shun led the world to benevolent, and people followed it; Jie and Zhou led the world. Violence is used, and people follow it. What the bottom does is based on what the top likes. As far as Emperor Wudi of Liang and his sons were concerned about vanity, they only liked the teachings of the Shi family and the Lao family; It means military regulations.And when Hou Jing led his troops to Que, Shang Shulang and below, many of them didn't know how to ride a horse, and walked in embarrassment, and the dead followed the road.Emperor Wu and Jian Wenzu were forced to death by Hou Jingyou.Emperor Xiaoyuan was in Jiangling, surrounded by Wan Niu Yujin. The emperor continued to lecture on "Laozi", and all the soldiers in Bailiao listened to it.The city of Russia fell, and all the monarchs and ministers were imprisoned.Yu Xin also lamented this, and wrote "Sorrowing Jiangnan Fu", Nai Yun: "The prime minister regards fighting as a trifle, and the Jin gentry regards clear talk as a temple strategy." 'This matter is also a warning.What I like today is only in the way of Yao and Shun, and the teachings of Zhou and Confucius. I think that like a bird has wings, like a fish clinging to water, if you lose it, you will die, and you should not be deaf for a while. "

In the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said to his courtiers: "The gods and immortals are vain, and they have their names. Qin Shihuang was deceived by alchemists because of his hobbies, so he sent thousands of boys and girls to the sea to seek gods.The alchemists avoided the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and because they stayed and did not return, the first emperor waited for him by the side of the sea, and returned to the sand dunes to die.In order to seek immortality, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty married his daughter to a Taoist man, and killed him if there was no proof.According to these two things, the gods don't bother to ask for it. "

In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said: "Emperor Sui Yang was very suspicious, believed in evil ways, and hated barbarians. He even called the barbarian bed a bed for sex, and cucumbers for cucumbers. He built the Great Wall to avoid barbarians. Hu Xingda kills him, and kills Li Jincai, and all the Lis are exhausted, what is the benefit of the death? And to rule the world, you only need to correct your body and cultivate virtue, other than false things, it is not enough." In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, entered the artful man Yang Siqi.Emperor Taizong ordered a test, and Lun sent to make puppet theaters.Emperor Taizong called Lun and said: "The skillful craftsmen who have entered will be used for state affairs. Your order is to build this thing first. Does it mean that all craftsmen are forbidden to be ingenious?"