Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 453
Liu Dan killed a lot of people this time, especially a lot of high-ranking scholars and even doctors in imperial schools. Although these people don't participate in politics, they often discuss politics and have a very vicious mouth.

Both Liu Heng and Liu Che acquiesced to this kind of behavior, but Liu Dan was not used to them, and was directly killed by him on the charge of ridicule, and the city of Chang'an suddenly fell silent.

The most important thing is that Liu Dan's casual attitude shocked many people, but Liu Dan didn't care. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the power and stability in his hands are second only to Liu Che. With military power in hand, There is no fear of those scholars at all.

Luo Wuji heard the report from his clansmen in Zhaocheng, his eyes were fixed, and he pondered for a long time before he said: "The big man has won too many victories, which made the emperor feel arrogant and self-satisfied. .”

It was also reported: "Patriarch, many of the hundreds of families have left Chang'an. This time the emperor slaughtered the hundreds of scholars, which had a great impact on the hundreds of scholars. Some schools had few disciples, and the experts were swept away. Only There are two or three big cats and kittens, if they are hit again, they will be on the verge of extinction."

"Just wait and see what happens. When the matter reaches a stalemate, the family will intervene according to the situation."

Luo Wuji gave the final order.

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"teacher!"

Seven or eight scholars knelt on the ground, the crowns on their heads were crooked, and their robes were messy. In front of everyone was the teacher's coffin.

A scholar with a handsome face, with messy tears all over his face, said in a mournful voice: "The teacher died so unjustly.

It was just that he opposed the construction of the palace and was killed directly. Did the emperor want to imitate Qin Shihuang? "

The companions were shocked when they heard the words and said: "Zizheng, be careful! How can a minister speak out about the fault of the monarch?"

"The king's eyes are on the minister..."

As soon as he said a few words, the others were inexplicably horrified. Who could not be shocked when he uttered these words from a disciple of Legalism? , how could you..."

Liu Xiang didn't speak, and kowtowed heavily, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, everyone looked up, it turned out to be a group of Confucian scholars.

"Why are you here?"

The leading Confucian scholar bowed and said: "Mengru Jia's Jia Cong and all the brothers and sisters are polite. Jiegong died for the world. We are here to worship. Although you and I have different ideas, this time the teacher died together. It's the same way."

As he said that, the Confucian scholars also wept secretly in their eyes, and it was not just one person who died this time.

The leading Legalist disciple bowed and said, "Brother, you are polite, Mengru Jia?"

He muttered a few words, then opened his eyes wide and asked, "But Wuwei Jia?"

Gu Zanghou of Wuwei County.

At present, the Jia family is the most prominent family in the world. After Jia Yi became a marquis in the past, the Hou country was granted to Rongling County of Changsha State. Later, Changsha State was changed into a county. Fenggu Zanghou.

However, Jia Shi is not a general, so it is not for guarding, but for enlightenment.

The Jia family is one of the inherited families of Mengru, and one of the most successful families of Liehou in the development of Confucian classics, and is quite famous in the world.

These Confucian scholars went to pay homage to Jiegong, and after the worship, they said to Liu Xiang who was still kneeling on the ground: "Zizheng, the door of Mengru is always open for you. People like you should be born as scholars of Mengru. Legalists Not for you."

After speaking, they left here without waiting for the legalists to react. The legalists looked at Liu Xiang with doubts in their eyes. Liu Xiang said expressionlessly: "Last year in Taixue, I used the loopholes in Meng Confucianism to refute Meng Ru's three masters, including Meng Ru's most direct heir, Meng Fan, Meng Ru has always wanted me to join Meng Ru's sect."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

Meng Confucianism is a major branch of Confucianism. Although after Jia Yi, the center does not appear, but in the local area, it is the guest of princes, kings, princes and wealthy families. It is the most widely spread and popular Confucianism. The Spring and Autumn Classics that rule the Han Dynasty are not as good.

The bottom line is that unwillingness to submit is engraved in the bones, and unwillingness to be a slave is in the blood. It is only normal for Mengru's knowledge of providing the legitimacy of lower restraint to be sought after.

After the shock, there was a moment of displeasure, and the leading man said angrily: "Is Meng Ru deceiving me, no one in the legal school? You must know that the censor..."

He stopped suddenly. Sang Hongyang, the doctor of imperial history, is currently the highest official figure in the legal school. The school has placed high hopes on him, and he has lived up to the expectations of everyone.

But they all knew that the teacher was very dissatisfied with Sang Hongyang these years.

He once said quite worryingly: "Sang Hongyang, he is a man of talent for seeking the country, but he has huge shortcomings. He is greedy for wealth, afraid of death, and doesn't know how to control himself.

If any one of these three points is contaminated, he will almost die, but Sang Hongyang occupies all of them. How can the teacher feel at ease?
In the past, Shang Yang's talent was astonishing and brilliant, but in the end, not only did he die, but also the entire Legalist family was trampled.

Legalism is a way of mastering the world, but in the end it always becomes a knife in the hands of the monarch. Is there a murderous knife in this world that is not discarded in the end?

We should learn from it.

100 years ago, King Zhaosheng practiced the law in Zhaocheng, which was regarded as a disgrace by the Legalists, but after thinking about it for many years as a teacher, he thought that what King Zhaosheng did saved the Legalists.

People live with flesh and blood, and if there is any dirty thing in the flesh and blood, they will die. This is the ultimate principle between heaven and earth.

King Zhaosheng practiced the law to help the Legalists get rid of the filthy things from the classics of the sages.

The Qin Dynasty fell, but the Legalists survived for a hundred years, which is precisely because of this.

Sang Hongyang's current wealth is the result of the blood and tears of countless people, and the condensed resentment of countless nobles and powerful people.

If he offends one, there is still life, but if he does like this, isn't death the doomed end?
I am very worried about being a teacher.

On the day of Sang Hongyang's death, the Legalists may be trampled on again.

King Zhaosheng is a god in the world, adhering to the decree of Su Wang and the emperor, being impartial and selfless, and persuading people with reason, but the practice presided over by others may not be like this.

The rest of the schools are all saying that the predecessors plant trees and the descendants take advantage of the shade, but only my Legalists, the predecessors cut down the trees, and the descendants suffer. It is really ridiculous, ridiculous. "

As soon as I thought of this, I felt a little hopeless in my heart, and I could only ask: "Zizheng, what do you think?"

Liu Xiang raised his head and said word by word: "Legalism is a way of governing the world. Throughout the world, the officials are all descendants of my Legalism.

Even those well-known Confucianists and Huang-Lao students will also use our legalist methods when governing politics.

But I, the sages of Legalism, always help my husband to succeed.

If those powerful merchants are jealous, that's all right. The more jealous those insects that are harmful to the world, the more correct my actions are.

But what about the facts?

Those most ordinary Limin people want to eat their flesh raw, which is unacceptable to me.

These years of studying classics, I feel more and more trembling all over my body, a kind of coldness born from the heart, the legalist theory must have major flaws!

Confucianism is the prominent school of today, and we all call it rotten Confucianism, saying that it can only talk and can't do business.

But I have thought about it for a long time, how long the Confucianism lineage is, far surpassing my Legalism, only Huang Lao can compare with it.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the monarchs of all countries did not use Confucianism, but Confucianism became more and more prosperous.

The other schools have had their ups and downs, but the momentum of Confucianism has never stopped.

During the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor respected the law, promoted the rule of law, and even banned Confucian classics. It can be said that our Legalists have the upper hand, but what happened?

The prosperity of Confucianism has not diminished in the slightest!

After the establishment of the Great Han Dynasty, Empress Gao and King Luowen both ruled the country with Huang Lao, supplemented by Confucianism, but the number of Confucian scholars above the court far exceeded Huang Lao.

Emperor Xiaowen respected Confucianism, and the evening of hundreds of schools has come here!

Even if the emperor failed, how could he respect Confucianism?

Sure enough, within a short period of time, we had to go dormant. In the end, Emperor Xiaowen forcibly set aside some official positions for us non-Confucian schools.

What a shame this is!
Is this mere talk?
If so, it would be even more shameful!
Entering Confucianism, reading through the scriptures, finding out why Confucianism prospered, and reforming Legalism, this is my great wish!
This is what the teacher confessed to me before his death in front of the soldiers who captured him. It is not only the teacher's order, but also my great wish. Maybe this is my fate. "

As he spoke, he took out a piece of clothes soaked in blood, everyone was dumbfounded and shocked by Liu Xiang's thoughts, the leading man was silent for a long time and said: "Then, will you be a disciple of Confucianism or Legalism in the future?
Are we still brothers? "

Liu Xiang said in a deep voice: "Xunzi, a Confucian school, taught a legalist sage like Han Feizi, and a legalist official like Li Si, so how far is the boundary between Confucianism and Legalism?
If one day, I can understand the boundaries between Confucianism and Legalism, and I will be listed in the temple of the philosophers, straddling Confucianism and Legalism, then I will be me. "

After speaking, he walked directly towards the door, walked beyond the threshold, knelt down again, kowtowed three times, got up, left, and never looked back.

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Since ancient times, there has been an extraordinary saying, Yu Guan said that when Shang fell and Zhou prospered, the world was in panic, Yin and Yang were out of order, Su Wang came out, established Zhou rituals, established feudalism, abandoned the ghost sacrifices of Yin and Shang, and established the rituals and music of the emperor.

Zhou Xing for three hundred years, Wenhua did not show, and in troubled times, princes attacked each other, swords and guns were fierce, all the people in the world wept blood and mourned, saints in the world came forth in large numbers, Luo Sheng debated good and evil, wrote "Spring and Autumn", Laozi said Tao, Confucius said benevolence, Mozi said universal love, Yangzi said whole nature, Guanzi said one person, Mencius said righteousness, and Xunzi said the way of sages and kings, it is strange why the world is in chaos and prosperity!

For seven hundred years, Qin unified, respected magic, suppressed hundreds of schools, and the culture was scattered. When Qin died, the Luo family came out, and the various families prospered.

At the end of Yuanzheng, hundreds of schools are fierce, the strong will become strong, and the weak will perish. Each of them will have children, almost reverting to the former Qin Dynasty. ——"Historical Records Chronology of the Rise and Fall of Hundred Schools since Jianhan Dynasty"

　Thanks to the leader of Wanli Mi Fenghou for the reward

　　
　
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