Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 626 The person who can cure Chao Cuo is back

"Please tell me, I want to pay my respects to the prince!"

The visitor cupped his hands and bowed slightly.

The scribe at the door was silent for a moment, and then said: "The prince has ordered, you don't need to report, please come in, Your Majesty."

Only then did Liu Ci lead Dong Zhongshu into the prince's mansion.

Liu An's mansion was extremely lively. Scholars sat in the courtyard, sitting together in twos and threes, debating various knowledge. These were all young talents of the Huang-Lao School, carefully selected by Liu An, and each of them had He is a talent out of a hundred. Liu An is different from everyone in the past. He knows how to make full use of his power and the principle of brainstorming. He has gathered around him the most outstanding young people of Mr. Huang. These people are of great help to him. He stays ahead of any competition.

He said that he wanted to compose a ritual, and hundreds of disciples moved after hearing the news, and almost everyone could explain something, which was much more efficient than other people thinking hard in the mansion alone.

Liu An attaches great importance to these talents. Among the many ministers, Lu Jia has the most frequent contacts with him. Liu An played a great role in the enlightenment. Compared with Confucianism, Huang Lao is obviously more suitable for this task than Confucianism, because the textbooks they compile include a variety of knowledge and will not be biased. Liu An also personally set up Huang Lao's academies in various places to train Huang Lao's talents, because Huang Lao's threshold is too high, Liu An annotated those Huang Lao sage books in the past, making them simpler in order to cultivate more talents.

As long as Liu An is still there, Mr. Huang will not be at a disadvantage. They can still look down upon the heroes and maintain their supremacy.

Today's planner likes to use mathematical knowledge to solve everything he does. He has made detailed statistics on the country and learned about the great man from various aspects in order to better manage the great man. In Zhang Cang's investigation In the past, he had investigated the literacy situation among the people, which was also carried out at the request of the emperor. After a long period of investigation, Zhang Cang finally came up with a national literacy rate of about 7%. This result seems meaningless at present , but is conducive to viewing the results of enlightenment.

All the officials were indifferent to the so-called literacy rate, but Liu An was particularly concerned about this calculation.

Walking into the inner room, Liu An was chatting with a few confidants.

Feng Tang, Ju Meng, and other Lao She people were not there, but Cheng Bushi and Zhi Buyi were by Liu An's side.

Liu An was discussing something with them talking and laughing, and when he turned his head, he saw his younger brother Liu Ci.

Liu An looked at Liu Ci, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and asked suspiciously, "Who beat you up?"

Liu Ci touched his face in embarrassment, "I was bitten by a vicious dog."

"Which family's vicious dog is this? It's quite good at punching and kicking."

"Big brother from the Ruyinhou family, it doesn't matter. I brought Zhong Shu from my family to study. Please don't worry about his stupidity. Please teach him with your heart. I thank you here!"

As Liu Ci said, he pouted to signal Dong Zhongshu, "Thank you yet?"

Dong Zhongshu finally understood, this is automatically substituting himself into the role of my father.

Liu An let the two Lizi stand aside and waited, and continued to talk to them, "Tell those people, the college is a college, and the county school is a county school. This college is funded by myself, and it is used to train Mr. Huang. Zhishi’s is different from Taixue. If there are more colleges, there will be more people available. Isn’t it enough to send teachers to various places in the future? The number of places in Taixue is small, and it is mainly about politics. It’s a purely academic place, if they have any questions, let them come to me!”

Zhi Buyi said calmly: "What they are against is not the academy, what they are against is that their children cannot go to school."

Cheng Bushi also sneered and said: "These people will never be satisfied. They occupy the qualifications of the Imperial Academy, and they have the audacity to want to get a share of His Highness's academy."

Dong Zhongshu listened to their conversation, looking thoughtful.

Liu An confessed a few words, and then let the two of them leave. Dong Zhongshu asked, "Did the school cause the trouble?"

Liu An said with a smile: "Probably people from other schools saw that I set up Huang Lao's academy, and they were afraid that Huang Lao would become too powerful, so they might not be able to sit still."

Dong Zhongshu didn't take it seriously, "His Royal Highness seems to be setting up the Huang-Lao Academy, but in fact he is promoting the low-level people. Naturally, they can't sit still."

Liu An laughed out loud.

Liu Ci frowned, "What do you mean?"

Dong Zhongshu patiently explained: "His Royal Highness has set up more than 20 Huanglao Schools in various places. His disciples are responsible for giving lectures in each school. The scale is huge, and His Highness's school is different from others. , all the recruits are old and strong men."

"Li Nan? Then my father meets the standard!"

"My lord, this man of strength refers to those farmers who are busy in the fields and have made outstanding contributions and received rewards."

"Huh?? Farmer??"

Liu Ci looked at Liu An in surprise, "Why did you hire an elderly farmer?"

Dong Zhongshu frowned, "I'm not sure about that."

Liu An laughed softly, and let the two little guys sit in front of him, "Do you know the three local elders?"

"know."

"It is very important for ministers to formulate policies, but these three elders, especially the three elders in the village, are the ones who have the most frequent contact with the people, and they are also the ones who can actually affect the implementation of policies. My school is dedicated to these three elders. What they set up, the content of the professors is not too complicated, just some basic ideas of Huang Lao. My father has been doing his best to fight against the powerful and prevent the officials from oppressing the people. As for me, I want to give sharp knives to the common people, so that they also have a certain ability to defend themselves."

"These three elders have received rewards from the temple and have a certain culture. The most important thing is that they came from my school."

"Do you guys understand?"

Liu Ci suddenly realized, "Brother wants to turn the grassroots people into his own, and wants to seize power with my father!"

"fart!!"

Even Liu An couldn't help swearing at this moment.

Liu An didn't want to say anything to Liu Ci anymore, but just waved his hands, "Go and play with yourself! Don't affect my teaching!"

Liu Ci went to the courtyard to play with the diners, while Dong Zhongshu learned the etiquette from Liu An. Dong Zhongshu had a very high level of understanding, and Liu An, although he belonged to Huang Lao, was quite familiar with Confucian etiquette. He had read many books. He knows the knowledge of hundreds of schools, if he is not clear, how can he absorb it?
Dong Zhongshu listened very carefully, and after listening to Liu An's narration for more than half an hour, he got up to thank him.

The prince still has a lot of important things to do, and it is already very rare to be able to spare half an hour every day to teach him.

"Your Highness, I think there is something wrong with your school. If the three elders are strong, then they will easily join forces with the powerful, and the order of the temple will not be conveyed anywhere."

"This is something that happens only when your Confucianism is strong. If the etiquette is before the law, you have to guard against the powerful Huang Lao. You don't have to worry about this. You know that the big man set up the three elders at all levels because of Huang Lao, right?"

Strictly speaking, the three elders do not belong to the officials of the temple, they have no salary, they are elected by the people themselves, and generally choose the most famous elders to serve as them, they cooperate with the temple to govern the people, and in the strict sense, they are responsible for enlightenment, In fact, there are many things that can be managed. They can be regarded as the initial representatives of public opinion, and they played a great role in the governance of the Han Dynasty. Regardless of their low official titles, in fact, the emperor attached great importance to the opinions of these three elders. Rewards are often carried out. When the officials discuss major issues, the three elders will also participate as representatives of the people. They have the power to directly leapfrog the superiors. They can influence the major events of the temple, and even directly appeal to the emperor.

Once the temple's policies start to harm the people, or the local ministers formulate strategies that are not conducive to the bottom, the three elders will start to become active.

Contrary to what many people think, the three elders in the early Han Dynasty were not held by local big families or powerful people. The people's elections cannot be interfered with. They usually choose the most educated and respected elders. .

If there are bad deeds of oppressing the people, don't think about being a third elder in this life.

Of course, when it developed to the second Han Dynasty, the situation began to be different. The three elders were no longer representatives of the people, but representatives of the powerful landlords. They no longer acted for the people as Liu Bang thought, but instead It is to strengthen the problem of private land annexation.

The land annexation in the early Han Dynasty was not too strong. There were many reasons. The Han Dynasty severely cracked down on the tyrants, migration, and the strength of the three elders.

If you want to devour the land of the common people, it depends on whether the three elders can play the performance. If he directly plays the performance to the emperor, it depends on whether you can lose your head.

In history, the three elders often reported things. Many officials of the fish and meat people were arrested, and the three elders wrote letters to the top. They even dared to persuade the emperor. Killed Jiang Chong, and fled to Quanjiuli after the defeat. Xiaozhu was furious, thinking that the prince was rebelling, and all the officials also thought that the prince was rebelling. At that time, the three elders wrote to the emperor, thinking that the prince was not rebelling, and it was Jiang Chong's fault!

The emperor dared to participate in the family affairs, and dared to openly disagree with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. These were the three elders in the early Han Dynasty. They even had a record of helping to suppress the rebellion.

In the time of Little Pig, there was a man named Wang Wengru in embroidered clothes. This person was dismissed because he offended the emperor because he was not good at handling affairs. He later offended the largest wealthy family in the area. He was probably also a very stubborn person who made enemies everywhere. The election of the three elders shows that the appointment and removal of the three elders is actually decided by the people, and they can still serve if they offend the powerful. It seems that the reputation of the powerful is definitely not good among the people.

The three elders in the early Han Dynasty were not the same thing as the original three elders, and they were not very similar to the later three elders. They were products of the Huang Lao era.

The Huang-Lao theory tries to avoid the temple being too strict on the people as much as possible. They don’t want the temple to control the people in everything. They want to give the people a relaxed social atmosphere. They hope that the people can have such elected representatives to maintain harmony with the temple officials. Balanced situation.

Seeing that the prince was so determined, Dong Zhongshu didn't say anything more, cupped his hands, and decided to leave.

After he left, the doorman came forward, "Why do you need to teach a Confucian scholar? These people are destined to oppose us."

Liu An laughed, "Why don't you teach? Even if he became a Confucian saint, wouldn't he also want to do things for me in the end?"

The disciples suddenly realized, yes, although there is a competition in terms of knowledge, they are still their own ministers in the end.

Liu Chang held a grand banquet to entertain Luan Bu.

The banquet was held in the original Tang Palace.

Not many people came to the banquet, apart from Luan Bu, there were only Lu Lu, the former Sheren, and a few officials from the Neishi Mansion.

Luan Bu completed the restoration of agriculture in Longxi, which is a great achievement.

Luan Bu didn't seem to care about his achievements at all, but he cared more about what happened after he left the temple, especially what Chao Cuo did.

In Luan Bu's view, Chao Cuo's way of doing things is still a little too radical. The number of corvee workers in Longxi has been increasing year after year, and many people have been sentenced for trivial matters. Chao Cuo's completely ruthless law enforcement method is really cruel. With a stern face, Bu looked at the emperor who was eating meat and said: "Your Majesty, when I first arrived in Longxi, there were only more than 4000 criminals serving in corvee there. More than 8000 people."

"The minister once asked seriously, many people's crimes are not up to the point of corvée, but because the snow blocked the road, and the supplies were not delivered on time, the law of throwing people into corvée is too harsh. Judgments should be reasonable. For example, when encountering such an unexpected situation, it is entirely due to sudden changes in the climate. What does it have to do with the transporting officials? If the mission cannot be completed because of such an irresistible situation, An amnesty should be granted, or the punishment should be mitigated. How can he be sentenced to corvee service directly?"

"Some officials quarreled a few words because of official business, and Chao Cuo sent them all to corvee for assault. This is too much!"

"Using such a strict method to govern the country will most likely cause public resentment just like Qin State."

Luan Bu spoke loudly, and several officials sitting below him were very excited.

Finally someone dared to reprimand Chao Cuo loudly.

They wanted to nod their heads in agreement, but they didn't dare.

Because Chao Cuo was sitting opposite.

Chao Cuo's face was a little ugly at the moment, and he said coldly: "The officials who transported supplies didn't care about the change of the weather. If they could set off a few days earlier, they wouldn't be blocked on the road. In the final analysis, it's because of them. Bad job"

Luan Bu got up abruptly, and reprimanded him, "Do you think all the officials in the world can observe the sky and know the geography?"

Chao Cuo was not afraid of Luan Bu, he straightened his neck, "I acted according to the law, punished those people, and the officials will have a long memory in the future, so take it as a warning."

"Strong words make sense!"

Seeing the two quarreled, Liu Chang was a little helpless.

"That's wrong. What Luan Bu said is also reasonable, pardon those officials who have neglected their duties due to unexpected accidents, and let them return to their original posts."

Chao Cuo became anxious immediately. He knew that Luan Bu could influence His Majesty's judgment, but he didn't expect that his influence in front of His Majesty would be so great. He hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, if you start this way, future officials will But I am no longer afraid, and if something happens, I will use an accident to prevaricate."

Liu Chang was furious, and slapped the wooden case suddenly, "Let me go if I say so!!"

Chao Cuo lowered his head, not daring to refuse.

Liu Chang said angrily: "In order to let the future officials have a long memory, do we have to punish some innocent people? If someone does something wrong and excuses it by accident, then you go arrest it! Use innocent people to scare Others, are you so incompetent?!"

Chao Cuo pleaded guilty in a hurry. He secretly glanced at Luan Bu, feeling a little bitter in his heart. As soon as Luan Bu came back, he immediately fell out of favor.

This person's position in His Majesty's heart is really too high. If it is the same for other people, I am afraid that he will be beaten.

As for the rest of the officials, their eyes lit up.

Someone who can cure Chao Cuo finally appeared? ? ?
Luan Bu sat in his seat again, and said again: "Your Majesty, there is also Chao Cuo's new law. Among the twenty new laws he requested, fifteen of them are inappropriate. .”

When it came to the new law, Chao Cuo couldn't bear it anymore, "Your Majesty!! Don't listen to his nonsense! This fellow."

"Okay! Eat first!!"

Liu Chang interrupted the quarrel between the two, but the two were still angry and stared at each other. Chao Cuo was at his happiest moment. He had just wiped out the Li School, which made his prestige skyrocket, and the officials were even more excited. Afraid, he took the opportunity to request the addition of [-] laws, all of which were aimed at the ministers. The ministers dared not speak out. Luan Bu was the first to openly oppose it, but Chao Cuo couldn't put him down. Yang Luan Bu was also untainted, and it was even more difficult to find evidence against him than to find Chao Cuo.

The most important thing is that the emperor loves this guy very much.

Chao Cuo didn't enjoy the meal and left here early.

Luan Bu stayed by Liu Chang's side, "Your Majesty, Chao Cuo's opinion is too strict and does not treat ministers as human beings. You must not agree to this request!"

Chao Cuo, as the direct successor of Han Feizi's thoughts, directly applied Han Fei's governance theory to governing the country, and aimed at a series of laws against officials, including expressly prohibiting officials from entertaining each other, prohibiting officials from visiting each other, and prohibiting officials from going outside. You, forbidding officials to travel at night, there is also a law that makes them target each other. He requires the officials to supervise each other. If they see each other's mistakes and don't stop them, they will be punished the same. Luan Bu feels that these laws are a bit too harsh.

The ministers are also human beings, and they deserve credit for assisting the king in governing the country. How can they be treated like this? ?

The ministers did not dare to oppose Chao Cuo. On the one hand, they were afraid of him, and on the other hand, they were also worried that they would bear a bad reputation and be mistaken for pleasure, so they refused to accept such a decree.

But Luan Bu was not afraid.

"He is governing his ministers in the same way as he governs prisoners. I deeply think that if an inappropriate king treats his ministers with vigilance like he treats thieves, then the ministers will treat the king in the same way!"

"Your Majesty, please learn from me!!"

ps: Ah, Kawen is serious. It took a long day to delete, delete, edit and modify such a few characters. Does Qunxian have any ideas?

(End of this chapter)