Chapter 4 4. Liu Bingji's Royal Game Theory

Zhang Chang will continue his crime fighting career, just as Liu Bingji expected.Soon, the underworld in Jizhou was settled by Zhang Chang.The good guys defeated the bad guys, the good guys defeated the fierce guys, and the world returned to peace. However, peace is only temporary. In 49 BC, in March, a comet appeared in the sky of the Han Dynasty.This was a bad omen, and sure enough, Liu Bing was seriously ill this year. This year, the good emperor Liu Bing was only forty-three years old.Forty-three years old, what a wonderful youth, but Liu Bingji felt that he would not live long.Zhuangzi said that people come from nothing and go back to nothing, let nature take its course, and should sing with drums.But for Liu Bingji, it seems that the important thing is not the entanglement of life and death, but the country.It doesn't matter if he leaves, he is very worried about leaving such a big family behind.

To be precise, he was not worried about this family, but worried about the new head who was about to succeed him.This new head is Prince Liu Shi. Liu Shi is the crystallization of love between Liu Bingji and Empress Xu. This child has a very good life. Not long after he was born, his father became the emperor, and he became the prince when he was eight years old. A good life is only a prerequisite for being an emperor.In the Han Dynasty, in order to be a good emperor, of course, many acquired factors must be possessed.For example, the basic ability and quality of governing the country is a technical task that must be practiced and honed for a long time before it can reach the level of proficiency.Liu Bingji himself is like this, and he has practiced the unrivaled magic skills step by step year after year.

However, Liu Bing is very regrettable.Because of his magical skills, the prince can't practice at all, the prince is not that material. In the dark, it seems that it is all arranged by God.When Liu Shi was a child, he had a good brain and quick reflexes, so there was nothing unusual.But when he grew up, Liu Bingji discovered that Liu Shi's biggest problem was that he was gentle and kind. From ancient times to the present, from China to foreign countries, the so-called "ideal governance" is equivalent to technical means.Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has basically been upgraded to the concept of governing the country.Liu Che loves Confucianism, but he is not superstitious about Confucianism.In his view, Confucianism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but it is not practical.It is not practical, because most Confucianists are very pedantic, and they especially like retro.In their eyes, the highest state of the so-called sage politics is the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

Therefore, Liu Che believes that it is very unreliable to govern the country only with Confucianism.In his opinion, the most practical means of governing the country is a combination of kingly and domineering.Those who advocate kingly ways are Confucianists, and those who shout domineering slogans are Legalists.Legalism is like a builder, without it, a house cannot be built; Confucianism is like a painter, without it to decorate, it will not look good to live in. The truth seems very shallow, and it's not a long story to say, but Liu Shi just doesn't understand.When Liu Bing was already in power, he had killed not a few high-ranking officials, such as Zhao Guanghan, Han Yanshou, Yang Yun and so on.Once, Liu Shi said to Liu Bingji about this, saying: "Your Majesty, your punishment is too cruel. Why don't you use more Confucian scholars to govern the country?"

Liu Bingji's face changed when he heard this, and he shouted loudly: "Boy! You study all day, are you stupid? Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the country has its own system of governance, and it is all overbearing. Confucianists like the past but not the present, and are out of date with the times. If Confucianism is used heavily and only moral education is used, will the world still be able to hold on?" Liu Bing was already cursing, and felt that the scolding was not enough, so he shook his head and sighed: "The prince is also the one who messes with my family!"

yes!If this development continues, it may be Liu Shi, the unworthy descendant who lost the Han Dynasty.Thinking of this, Liu Bing was already worried, so he thought, should we replace Liu Shi's pussy? In fact, Liu Bing already wanted to replace him.He has already found a good candidate, this is Huaiyang King Liu Qin.Liu Qin's mother's surname is Zhang, and her mother is expensive, so she quickly gained Liu Bingji's favor. However, Liu Bing gave up the idea of ​​changing the prince soon.Not for anything else, just for Queen Xu. Empress Xu was arranged by Zhang He as a matchmaker when Liu Bing was already wandering among the people.Liu Bingji had always had a good relationship with Empress Xu, but it was a pity that this woman did not live long and was poisoned to death by someone sent by Huo Xian.Thinking of Empress Xu's early ascension to heaven and leaving behind such a poor child as Liu Shi, Liu Bingji couldn't help but feel some turmoil in his heart.well!For Queen Xu's sake, don't change it!

This year, Prince Liu Shi was twenty-seven years old.In the Han Dynasty, men at the age of twenty-seven were all fathers.In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, repaired the hall, and dismissed the prime minister. Finally, he killed the Huo family and sat down firmly. But Liu Shi's body is in the prime of his life, but the thoughts in his head are still before the age of fifteen.In order to solve the problem of Liu Shi not having enough brains, Liu Bing has found a solution.His method is old, but it works. Liu Che used this method once before, and that was Tuogu.

If you want to be alone, you need to find a few more reliable people.Liu Bing has already thought of three people, they are Shi Gao, Xiao Wangzhi and Zhou Kan.Shi Gao was Liu Bingji's cousin, who was a servant at the time, and was reliable; Xiao Wangzhi, who was the prince's tutor at that time; Zhou Kan, who was the prince's young tutor at that time, and after years of consideration, he was also reliable. Now that it's reliable, let's talk about it! Soon, Liu Bing had summoned the above three people to the hospital bed.Then it was announced: Leling Marquis Shigao was granted the title of Da Sima and Chariot General; Xiao Wangzhi was given the title of former General and Guanglu Xun;The three of them took over the imperial edict and assisted the young master together.

In winter, on December 7th, Liu Bing had collapsed in Weiyang Palace. The legendary Liu Bingji, known as the "King of Zhongxing" with great skills, has finally left us.His departure marked the end of a great era in the Han Dynasty.Historians call this era "the rule of Zhaoxuan".Some people think that the governance of Zhaoxuan inherited the mantle of the governance of Wenjing, and at the same time surpassed the governance of Wenjing, and deserves a special mention. It's really not easy for a great man. He has struggled for most of his life, sacrificed his ego to achieve the greater ego, and achieved a happy family for thousands of people with the power of one person. What do you want?Don't you want to leave a name in history, a few more people applaud, and a few less booing and spitting?

Therefore, it seems that we should stop for a while, burn incense and bathe, and write a perfect summary for Liu Bingji.I want to write a summary, but I am not interested in singing praises. What I want to write is how Liu Bingji, who used to live without a fixed place and nowhere to rely on, practiced the unrivaled magic skills, so that he became unique in the history of the Han Dynasty. Smiling proud of the world. Liu Bingji's supernatural power is nothing but his political skills.The so-called wrist, another name game.We can even raise his game technology to royal game theory. In the history of Chinese political games, it can be said that "there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people". There is no best, only better.However, in order to facilitate the understanding and mastery of Liu Bingji's royal exclusive game theory, let's start with a simple classification.

Simply put, games can be static and dynamic, and can be divided into games with incomplete symmetric information and games with complete symmetric information.The officialdom is not the Olympics, and not everything follows the principles of fairness, openness, and justice.Officialdom is always inseparable from intrigue, inseparable from the enemy's darkness, and inseparable from life and death.This kind of struggle is obviously classified as a dynamic, incompletely symmetrical information game. Liu Bing has been born out of his mother's womb, and he is an out-and-out weak person.Before the age of eighteen, he was almost a three-no person-no job, no future, no happiness.Although Zhang He married him a wife, he still muddled along.However, the reason why he was summoned to Chang'an to become emperor was entirely due to God's blessing. He never dreamed that there would be such a legendary day. Throughout the ages, what changes is human affairs, and what remains unchanged is human nature.When we are suffering from poverty, we always think, if you give me five million, it will be worth it to be a cow or a horse for anyone in this life!However, when you really have five million, you are not thinking about doing things for others, but thinking about ten million, twenty million, or even infinite million. Wealth can change human nature, and power is no exception.Liu Bing already knew that he was called into the city because Huo Guang couldn't find a suitable person, so he was recruited to fill his position.At the beginning, he couldn't express his gratitude to Huo Guang in thousands of words, but when he sat and thought about it, the question suddenly came up, would I just sit like this all my life and be ignored by others?If so, what is the difference between me and the walking dead? When humans think, God laughs.As soon as Liu Bing thought about it, Huo Guang became nervous.In this world, thousands of troops and horses are not to be feared, but thoughts are to be feared.Thought is a thousand-mile horse, which allows you to ride across thousands of mountains and rivers.However, Liu Bing has suddenly discovered that his contest with Huo Guang is an unequal game.If he wants not to be a puppet, not to be a living dead forever, there is only one way, and that is to play games.If there is no game, there will never be a way out. He was forced to participate in the game, even though he knew it was a competition with asymmetric information.In this competition, Huo Guang was both a player and a referee, seemingly impeccable.In fact, we were wrong. Liu Bing has discovered that Huo Guang has one thing that can never be compared to him.Huo Guang is an old player, and Liu Bing is a new player. New players can't match him in skills, but they have unlimited physical strength, which is unmatched by old players.So Liu Bingji thought again, I can't kick you, I'll wait until you retire, no one will play with me, wouldn't I win naturally? Don't fight technology, just fight physical strength.This is the first move of Liu Bing's unrivaled martial art.Sure enough, soon after Huo Guang died, he took over smoothly. What is the second move of Liu Bingji's unrivaled magic art?Maintain player qualifications and snatch refereeing power.Therefore, in the second game, when Huo Yu and the Huo family were preparing to enter the game in place of Huo Guang, Liu Bing had teamed up with Wei et al. Go to the next game, so naturally, he became the unrivaled winner again. The third measure is to maintain physical strength, only be a referee and a game sponsor, not a player.The feeling of being a referee is the best feeling in the world.He promulgates the rules of the game, and everything is played according to his rules. If there is any doubt, the right to interpret lies with the referees and sponsors. At this time, the contestants are: Zhao Guanghan vs. Wei Xiang; Han Yanshou vs. Xiao Wangzhi; Yang Yun vs. Dai Changle;I have seen these games before. Zhao Guanghan did not play according to the rules and was kicked out; Han Yanshou was too poor in technique and was kicked away by Xiao Wangzhi; Emotional, red card sent out.Zhang Changyi was bold and bold, and had the last laugh. Liu Bing has achieved a qualitative leap from the weak side of the game with incompletely symmetrical information to the absolute strong side.However, Liu Bing did not get carried away with complacency, but kept a clear head. On the question of whether or not the prince should be abolished, Liu Bing had already hesitated.As mentioned earlier, he retained Liu Shi's qualifications as a prince because of his friendship with Empress Xu.In fact, this is just one of them, and it cannot fully reflect Liu Bingji's true thoughts. That's right, Liu Bingji is a man who values ​​love and righteousness first, and a politician second.But the identity of the latter is far more important than the former.What politicians consider is to reduce all administrative costs and maximize the benefits of the game.In the matter of replacing the prince, he had to consider the political cost. Just look at the two cases of Liu Bang and Liu Che to see how much it would cost to replace the crown prince.Liu Bang wanted to abolish Liu Ying and establish Liu Ruyi, but he failed. Instead, he let Lu Zhi kill Liu Ruyi, and even made a personal incident.Liu Che had no choice but to kill Mrs. Gou Yi in order to set up Liu Fuling and prevent problems before they happen.If Liu Bing was about to replace Liu Shi, what would happen? Only two words: Terrible! The highest state of the game is the Nash equilibrium, which is the balance of the hawk-dove game.Liu Bing has made another leap from practice to theory.He never forgot until his death that to be a good referee, one cannot just show red and yellow cards without whistling. Therefore, he decided to give himself a loud whistle, stop the idea of ​​being unreasonable, and continue to retain Liu Xi's qualification for the competition.At the same time, they specially found three coaches for Liu Xi. Between the coaches, the representatives of foreign relatives and the representatives of scholar-officials restrained each other. What a perfect combination. Liu Bingji's theory seems unassailable.But it turns out he was wrong.His miraculous skills are only suitable for himself, and Liu Xi can't learn them at all. He doesn't even have the ability to be a referee. The referee is no longer good, and the era of playing rogue politics is coming.