Opening Pirate Clips: Fifteen Shocking Famous Scenes

Chapter 337

Liu Che's face turned dark all of a sudden!
To be praised by the first emperor is simply murder.

Liu Bang looked at Liu Che with a suspicious expression on his face: "What about the loose laws I made? Why didn't they enforce them? Why do you want to learn from that guy, Emperor Shihuang, and introduce such harsh laws? Do you want to destroy my great Han country?"

"Is this how Huang Lao taught you?"

Facing Liu Bang's roar, Li Shimin, Yang Jian and others couldn't help but hide their faces.

Because it would be really embarrassing to wait!

Liu Che was even more calm and composed, as if he didn't know that he was wrong.

Seeing Liu Che like this, Liu Bang became even more angry, "Are you going to rebel? How dare you ignore my reprimand?"

"Ahem, Gaozu, don't get excited!"

At this moment…

Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, appeared again. He glanced at Yang Jian, Li Shimin and others who were hiding their faces, and explained: "Emperor Wu is justified in doing so!"

Liu Bang frowned when he heard the words, "What's the reason? Severe punishment and strict laws violate the regulations of Huang-Lao's theory, so it makes sense?"

"Look at what happened in his later period. Peasant uprisings continued. What does this mean? It means that Liu Che can't survive under the rule of this kid."

"Is there any reason why you can't survive, isn't it just that his severe punishment makes everyone feel insecure, just like Qin Chao makes people afraid."

"Is it right to use harsh punishments and strict laws?"

very excited.

"Gaozu..."

Looking at the excited Liu Bang, Liu Xun smiled wryly, "Actually, there is nothing wrong with promoting Huang-Lao's theory."

"However, the "Nine Chapters Law" designated by Prime Minister Xiao He is really too crude, and there is no way to satisfy the grown-up man."

"Did you know that under the loose law of the "Nine Chapters Law", a group of arbitrarily wealthy and powerful forces have gradually emerged to annex the country..."

"It can be said that the rich Tian Lianqianbo and the poor are dead. The social situation is turbulent, so that many clan nobles have also participated in it!"

When Liu Xun said this, his face became serious, "Under the relaxed legal environment."

"Relying on the autonomy granted by the central government, the power to lead the military and financial power, etc., the royal clans have rapidly expanded viciously, and they have become poisonous to the central government and the country..."

"They colluded with the tyrants, or the tyrants took advantage of their power to enforce the laws of the king, disrupt the government of the officials, annex the land crazily, and eat the common people like wolves. It has become a cancer that endangers the order of the country."

"The tyrants still have many disciples, knights!"

"Do you think that under such circumstances, virtue alone can educate them? Obviously not!"

"In order to better resist foreign enemies and ensure a stable development order in the country, we can only resort to extraordinary measures, using violence to control violence, and sweeping away all obstacles with the force of thunder."

Speaking of this, Liu Xun looked even more iron-blooded, "Although the enactment of such a strict criminal law is indeed a little overdue, we can't blame Emperor Wu entirely. It is true that the social environment at that time did not allow the existence of loose laws."

"If you want the big man to continue to operate, you must scrape the bones to cure the poison!"

He glanced at the astonished Liu Bang, "Of course, Emperor Wu did make mistakes in governing in his later years."

"Frequent wars have caused the people to be displaced, and they can't live on. They have to endure harsh legal constraints, and they can only be forced to rebel."

"But their rebellion is not entirely related to harsh punishments."

After listening to Liu Xun's explanation, Liu Bang looked at Liu Che, surprised and asked in embarrassment, "Is that so?"

Liu Che rolled his eyes, "Otherwise, Gaozu!"

he is very unhappy...

It's fine that Liu Bang wronged him, but Liu Xun, a junior, also accused him.

Where to put his old face!

"Interesting, very interesting, Liu Che, you kid, I'm afraid you didn't learn the Taoist set of 'rule by doing nothing'..."

With a smile on his lips, Ying Zheng stared at Liu Che and said, "I think you are more like an emperor educated by the Legalists, harsh and cold."

Liu Che snorted twice, and replied, "That's really embarrassing, Shi Huangdi, I studied Confucianism."

"During my time in power, Confucianism was the most powerful knowledge, and I designated it as an official school."

"Other knowledge can only survive, and if you don't want to perish, you can only continue to innovate."

Speaking of this, he was quite proud, "I named this action 'Exalt Confucianism, Depose Hundred Schools'!"

He thought he could see Shi Huangdi's astonishment.

Never thought!
After hearing this, Emperor Shihuang burst out laughing, and said even more appreciatively: "Well, well, I find that I like you more and more."

"The style of doing things is really a bit like mine. You only respect Confucianism, but it's like me burning alchemist books and keeping only the knowledge I want."

Hearing this...

Liu Che was somewhat upset.

I thought I could show it off in front of the first emperor.

"The descendants of Confucianism in later generations summed up Emperor Wu's ruling philosophy. I like this style very much. I named it 'Confucianism on the outside and law on the inside', sage on the outside and king on the inside!"

Liu Xun spoke again at this time, and the first emperor burst out laughing, boldly and appreciatively, "What a 'inner sage and outer king, outer Confucianism and inner law', really appropriate."

Liu Che also snorted twice, and the smile on the corner of his mouth showed that he was very satisfied.

"Under the deterrent rule of Emperor Wu's strict laws, it was time that 'the county trembled, and the cunning people helped the officials to rule'. The original situation of official corruption and banditry was quickly alleviated."

"Moreover, Emperor Wu also paid great attention to the restrictions on cruel officials, and tried not to let them do too many things that endanger the people."

"However, because Emperor Wu expanded the territory too frequently, and even if the rich and powerful had restrained their wings, they could still endanger the common people. There is still a situation where the common people are displaced."

"So there will be many peasant uprisings in the later period, which is why Emperor Wu later issued the 'crime against oneself'."

After hearing this...

Liu Bang nodded. He decided that he would never speak casually again.

Make sure you understand the situation before you speak.

Otherwise, it would be too shameful to be as reckless as now.

Li Shimin, Yang Jian and others also pretended nothing happened and stopped hiding their faces.

[In addition to the employment policy, since the early Han Dynasty, important positions have generally been monopolized by lieutenants, and they can be officials from generation to generation through the method of appointing their sons]

[In order to change this situation, Emperor Wu improved the talent promotion mechanism from the system, vigorously developed the scouting system, and promulgated the edict of seeking talents, boldly promoting talents from poor families or humble backgrounds without sticking to one pattern]

[Appointment according to ability, generous rewards, so that Emperor Wu gave birth to many political and military talents, and assisted Emperor Wu to create incomparable achievements]

[However, Emperor Wu also had strict requirements on officials, thinking that "having talents but not making full use of them is the same as having no talents". Countless officials who were incompetent or deceived him were killed, and the same was true for the prime minister]

(End of this chapter)