sweeping the world

Chapter 993
Dong Zhongshu compared Confucianism to a beautiful girl and gave it to Liu Che.

Liu Che desperately needed to unify the country's thinking. As long as there was a school of thought that could help him win over people's hearts and suppress dissatisfaction, why should he only respect Confucianism?

It's a pity that at that time only Dong Zhongshu, who was attentively observing, saw what Liu Che needed, and the rest of the so-called great powers all flung themselves around in the world of mortals.

In the absence of a better choice, not to mention whether she is a beautiful lady or an ugly lady, as long as she can help her achieve her goal, she must go home with her arms around her.

Liu Che went back with his arms around the beautiful lady presented by Dong Zhongshu, giving Confucianism a space for rapid growth.

After Confucianism was the only one, in fact Confucianism did not climb to the top easily. It was a bloody era, and it was also a period when academics would perish if they did not fight.

"Compared with the Confucian scholars at that time, the Confucian scholars today are not worthy of carrying shoes." Liu Yan naturally did not go to meet and see off. Then he opened it: "I read the records, Dong Zhongshu's disciples held a book in one hand and a sword in the other. Every time they worshiped the mountain, they went first with courtesy. If they couldn't convince people with their arguments, they faced each other with swords."

These histories can be regarded as secret histories, and are not recorded in the "Historical Records". Only some shadows can be found from some annals and biographies.

"There is indeed a school of Confucianism in ancient times that goes straight with the sword." Sang Yu recalled generally: "I think about it carefully, Gongyang Chunqiu, Chu, Han, Zhao, and Yan poetry schools are all like this."

There are three schools of Spring and Autumn, which are divided into Gongyang Spring and Autumn, Zuo Chuan and Chun Qiu, and Guliang Spring and Autumn.

Dong Zhongshu is the boss of Gongyang Chunqiu.This group was relatively stupid and sharp-headed. As the vanguard of Confucianism, they swept away the competitors at that time.

Zuo Chuan Chunqiu appeared relatively late. After annexing novelists, it began to aim at educating people by writing books. For example, Lying on Ice and Seeking Carp is a created one.Naturally, their intentions were very good, so they didn't care why they didn't smash the ice, they had to use their body temperature to melt the ice, as if not doing so would be disrespectful.

Guliang Chunqiu is a group of schools that call for hiding relatives and advocating the rule of the world by big families.Most of them are great Confucian scholars from Lu land.

The so-called poetic schools of Chu, Han, Zhao, and Yan are some Confucian schools derived from the "Book of Songs". Among them, generations of the Chu and Han poetic schools have been committed to enlightening the wild lands in the south. It should be the largest Confucian faction with the most far-reaching influence.

It was because of the efforts of the Chu-Han Poetry School that Liu Che easily conquered southern Xinjiang. The reason was that the principals of the various ethnic groups in the south had been Sinicized early on with the efforts of the Chu-Han Poetry School.

The contribution of the Chu-Han School of Poetry was not limited to the Western Han Dynasty. Its influence can even be traced back to 800 years later.

The efforts of the Zhao Yan Poetry School have also achieved great results. The Korean Peninsula was once again divided and left the big family of Zhuxia.

It was not until Bangzi recognized a new father that he de-Sinicized, and even changed the name of the capital.

The other one is even worse. The Japanese country, which did not change Chinese characters, initially invaded "our Qing Dynasty" for the purpose of restoring the glory of the Chinese nation.

If we want to talk about the relationship between restoring the glory of the Chinese nation and the Japanese people, they say that "I, the Qing Dynasty" are not Zhengshuo of China, and that they have inherited the orthodox Chinese culture.

The Japanese used such a statement, which is quite reasonable from a historical point of view, but it is useless to the brainwashed "My Qing" officials and people, and even provoked the anger of the "My Qing" at that time, shouting The voice "is to be a dog for the Manchu masters" and advocates the war.

(There is absolutely no point in reasoning, but Tiaobenji was really confident at the time. Firstly, the Manchus were indeed not Chinese Zhengshuo, and secondly, the Manchus went to great lengths to modify the classics. The classics that have not been changed even a word are in The Japanese country has always been regarded as a treasure. At the same time, most of the Japanese nobles at that time were the descendants of the Song Dynasty.)
The Confucian school of poetry has never held great power. They are usually found on the borders of the empire, or even far away in foreign countries. After Li and Tang, the school of poetry has simply lost its inheritance.

"Those who claim to be Confucian scholars today have no pride in their ancestors." Sang Yu also considered himself a disciple of Confucianism in his early years. As a disciple of Confucianism, he is now a novelist, yin and yang family, miscellaneous school... Those who consider themselves disciples of Confucianism are actually in the company of those who judge the sect, so it can be seen..."

Liu Yan actually thought about whether to resume the contention of a hundred schools of thought, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to let nature take its course.

Confucianism has reached the present age, and its decline is inevitable.

In fact, the Confucian scholars in the Western Han Dynasty were more effective in fighting. The later years, when entering the troubled times, it is rare to see Confucian scholars.Who wants such a person, and what is the use of coming?

Those so-called great Confucian scholars who served the Hulu did not do battle on the battlefield, but used their mouths to sing praises for the Hulu.Apart from the fact that their fighting power would be infinitely high if they killed their fellow clansmen who had no ability to resist, they would die one by one when they were sent to the battlefield.

At the end of the war, those people who were alive with only one mouth left in their bodies still relied on praising someone to gain their sense of existence, but the emperor needed such a group of people, and the short and tall ones could be used as pawns to balance generals. A person who really knows how to work will inevitably leave the name of a competent minister in the history books.

"They are anxious." In recent years, Xu Zheng began to call himself a military strategist and wrote a military book without even a name. It seemed that he had not finished writing the first chapter for nearly six years: "Seeing that the prosperous age is coming, But they have no part in it, so they must be extremely anxious."

Liu Yan didn't invite Ran Min today.

Such a formal meeting with famous people in the field is a show in itself, and it is completely unexpected to get some useful suggestions.But just because it's a show, it's even more impossible to make any fools. Smiling and chatting nonsense with each other for a while, that's what it should be.

If Ran Min was present, when Fan Xuan said to be kind to foreigners, Ran Min would have rushed over and rubbed Fan Xuan on the ground. Officials and literati have to think about how to live a good life in the mountains and forests.

A waste is a waste, but a waste is also a shameful waste. Once the ruler really breaks his face, the waste will never live up to his ability to succeed but fail.Trash can't do anything great, but just being disgusting can make people feel uncomfortable!
"They have a great reputation among the people." Ji Chang kept frowning, and said seriously to Liu Yan: "Some people are also talented, but they are just a little arrogant."

Liu Yan had just counted them carefully. Thirteen of the sixteen people were originally officials in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and three of them had not low-level official positions at all.

After the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, Liu Yan didn’t treat the Sima family so bloody, but just robbed a few and kept them in the deep palace, so that the little emperor who lost his country could concentrate on learning dancing. Fortunately, some celebrations came out to dance .

The rest of the people who served as officials for the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, those who belonged to the core and important officials of the small court, who were still ignorant of current affairs after the demise of the small court, must have killed a group, but they did not engage in implicated people.Some people who understand current affairs also depend on the year and what they have done. For example, the Yu family has been treated very well. Because of the existence of Xie An and Huan Wen, the clan is still one of the prominent families in the Han Empire.

For those who served as officials in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after the middle and lower officials were selected, some people who were really able to do things were selected to stay or be transferred. The real bad luck was the high-level and those who had no talent.

If you want to say that the country is destroyed, the wrong bet is placed on the premise of civil war, then you have to be willing to admit defeat, and there is nothing to complain about.

Liu Yan is already quite sensible, otherwise, if the civil war is won or lost, which of the dynasties and dynasties has not adopted a harsh and bloody liquidation of officials?
In the case of the national war, it is right for the gentry to sacrifice, but it is a shame to live.

The gentry in the south would reject the old Liu family, the master of the new empire, because Huan Wen was too cruel and fierce, and it was almost impossible to find anyone who could compare with him from the history books.

They did have reasons for rejection. Whether it was the outcome of the civil war or the replacement of the nation in the national war, there really was no liquidation of the family property.

Any victor, no matter how unwilling he is after victory, should do something to win people's hearts. It is even more necessary to win people's hearts when a foreign race wins a country.And the so-called human heart is the gentry, not the common people.

The old Liu family of the newly acquired country is good. To win over the people, they actually target the common people. They either bloody clear out the gentry or liquidate their family properties. Looking through any history book, there is really no one who despises the existence of the gentry more than this old Liu family. It can even be said that Greedy to the extreme.

The resistance in the south never stopped in the early days, and Huan Wen, who was in charge of the south, frequently raised his butcher's knife.It was only when the situation in Indochina was ravaged that things changed.

Facts have repeatedly proved that there is no hatred that cannot be resolved by wealth. Liu Yan has designated the Indochina Peninsula as a playground for southerners. No matter how much the family hates in their hearts, they should hate or hate, but none of them fall into Indochina. Peninsula field.

As the nomads on the prairie were pulled out one by one, the Western Regions turned the young and strong of the people upside down easily, and then a great country tens of thousands of miles away was also classified as ashes in the military peak Who doesn't know that it is already a luxury to overthrow the old Liu family by force?
If it is just the use of force that gives people the feeling of being unable to resist, then you don’t have to wait too long, just five or six years. The army cannot always be good at fighting, but there is still a slight chance.

"Your Majesty has decided to develop the people's livelihood." Ji Chang simply said: "There is nothing that can stop the arrival of the prosperous age. No matter how proud and resentful they are, how dare they not embrace the prosperous age?"

To put it bluntly, waiting for Liu Yanxia to decide to let the people under his rule have a good life, the old Liu family's country will really be stabilized.

At worst, Liu Yan can guarantee the prosperity of the country for at least one generation. Not many people have the courage to go dormant for an era, especially since they are increasingly unable to understand the development of the era, so they can only kneel down to express their submission.

There must be a way to express surrender, and they have found a way now.

If you want to spread a kind of public opinion widely in a short period of time, if it is not a national power, they have lived for so many years and read so many books, then they are really living on dogs, and they are also blind.

For some people, the only thing that can be called the most valuable is their fame. They feel that at least they still have some role in public opinion. If they don't use it, maybe even the halo of fame will be stripped off soon.

"It's similar to Dong Zhongshu." Sang Yu mocked: "It's just that they don't have any beauties to present to His Majesty, only a face left."

If anyone can present a set of theories to calm people's hearts, Liu Yan will definitely follow Liu Che's example, but unfortunately there is still no such person so far.

The current Han Empire looks powerful, and it is indeed really powerful, but it can be said that the thinking is also very chaotic, and it is wealth that supports the entire country in its outward expansion.

Of course Liu Yan knows that using wealth to attract people to expand outwards is always beneficial, but the time it can last will definitely not be too long.

It's not that the wealth outside will be plundered, it's that Zhuxia has never been a nation that simply desires wealth. To some extent, there will be more spiritual needs.

Liu Yan really wanted to figure out a theory that could not only plunder external wealth, but also enrich and satisfy the spirit.It’s just that he doesn’t read much, and in fact he hasn’t read any great works, so he really can’t figure it out.

"Although the words are harsh..." Ji Chang smiled wryly, "If you want to keep things calm, you really can't do without them."

They are a group of people who may not be able to do anything, but are more than enough to destroy one thing. They are really in a hurry. It is just a person who is not afraid of dying or being buried with his family. To fan the flames, or to point out the fact that the country wants to castrate slaves in another way, it is really enough for the whole country to be in chaos for a while.

"That's true." Sang Yu had to be serious: "They came here because they felt hopeless."

Liu Yan has a more or less understanding of the history of Zhu Xia, including the thoughts of contemporary people.

Whether or not you serve as an official in the court can almost determine the rise and fall of a family.

It doesn't have to be someone who is a high official in the court to revitalize the family, but if there is not even one official in the family, revitalizing the family is out of the question.

This is a country (ethnicity) where the "official standard" has lasted for thousands of years. If no one in the family is an official, even if there is more property, it will only be in exchange for fear.

When Liu Yan came to his senses, he found that most of the officials were looking at him carefully, and he understood what was going on after a moment of stunned.

Those guys came here to act as humble and humble, but no matter what they were considered threats, the ministers did not think Liu Yan would be a person who could be threatened.

(End of this chapter)