At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"of course not."

Guo Peng shook his head: "It's just Ma Gong, you should know that everything I did was to rectify the name of the sage. You all know that there are only five classics in the past. There must be fakes in the process of passing on so many family laws. study.

The Five Classics are just the Five Classics. There shouldn’t be any Fourteen Schools of Law. If there are Fourteen Schools of Law, just talk about the Fourteen Classics. Why bother talking about the Five Classics?Obviously, the nine schools of law are false studies, and only five schools are true studies. They have done it alone to find the true studies and get rid of the false ones. "

The old man Ma's breathing was very rapid.

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with you! If there is false learning, why did the previous emperors recognize it? Isn't it because the previous emperors thought it was true learning to add a doctorate?"

"That's because the previous emperors were not courageous enough to be responsible to future generations."

Guo Peng did not hesitate to criticize the Li Dynasty emperor of the early Han Dynasty: "They were worried about their reputation and didn't want to bear their names, so they followed the selfishness of some people and changed more and more false learning, until now. This chaotic situation!

At the time of Emperor Wu, there were only the Five Classics. After Emperor Xuan, there were twelve schools of law. By Emperor Guangwu, there were fourteen schools of law. By Emperor Zhang, there were almost fifteen more schools of law. You can say that Emperor Xuan and Emperor Guangwu were wrong, or Emperor Wu Wrong with Gu? "

The old man Ma opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.

The rest of the people are waiting for you to look at me and I to look at you, and they don't know how to answer the emperor's question.

"I don't know how to answer? Then Gu will help you."

Guo Peng sneered for a while, and said: "Everyone is right. What is wrong is the people's hearts. It is the lack of people's hearts and greed, which makes the Five Classics more and more family laws. Five schools are not enough. Nine schools are needed. Nine schools are needed. Not enough, twelve families are needed, twelve families are not enough, fourteen families are needed, fourteen families are not enough, how much more?

Gentlemen, are you arguing for the saints?No, you are arguing for your own official positions and for the official positions of future generations. What you care about is not true learning and false learning, but whether future generations can become high-ranking officials and master power by controlling family law. Are you right?Um? "

Guo Peng stood up and walked down the steps, walked past the old man Ma, and walked up to the [scholars] standing in a row, staring at them one by one.

They lowered their heads one by one, without saying a word, and they didn't know whether they were ashamed or timid or did not dare to look directly at the emperor.

Guo Peng continued to speak.

"For the future of the family, for the sake of the disciples and old officials all over the world, for the sake of your family being able to ascend to the top of the clouds, and sharing the world with the royal family, you have been arguing for a month! From outside Luoyang city to Luoyang city, how many disciples and old officials were mobilized to go to Gu on the table? huh?

Do you really care what Confucius said?Do you really care what every sentence of Confucius means?Do you really care about small talk?No, you don't care, you just want to make this theory mysterious and mysterious, and it is best that only your own descendants can master it.

The less people master it, the better it is for you, and it will be easier for you to explain freely, and it will be easier for you to profit from it. If you don’t learn, you can’t be an official. To keep filial piety for you, this is what you want, right? "

Guo Peng circled the formation of scholars in a large circle, spitting out a lotus flower in his mouth, bowing his head and saying nothing to the "famous scholars" one by one.

Then, Guo Peng walked back to the old man of the Ma family and stared at the old man of the Ma family.

"Mr. Ma, are you worried about the distorted speech of the saint? Or are you worried that the Fufeng Ma family's children will not be able to become officials, grasp power smoothly, and the family status will not be guaranteed?"

The powerful oppression made the old man Ma's face pale, his lips trembled slightly, and he couldn't speak a word.

"Can't you tell? I already know your answer, so you don't need to say it."

Guo Peng sneered: "Old Master Kong is really pitiful. You people claim to be his disciples and followers. In the end, you don't even care what he said or what he thinks. You just don't care. It is true that he wants to use his name to benefit himself.

Gu understands, what does it matter what the sage said?Family status, power, incense, wealth, these are the most important. As long as there are these, what does the saint say, what is the meaning?Can it still be changed?

You want to be an official, you want your son to be an official, you want your grandson to be an official, and the grandson's grandson should be an official, if you can't do this, you will be sorry to your ancestors and your elders cultivation. "

Guo Peng stopped staring at the old man Ma, he walked back to the high platform, stood on the high platform, overlooking the group of elites below.

"Emperor Wu is gone, Emperor Xuan is not here, Emperor Guangwu is not here, Emperor Zhang is not here, even Han is gone, people are gone, and the emperor is gone, so what should be changed should be changed back.

What the emperors dared not do in the past, it was said alone, and the infamy they dared not recite, it was done alone!Gu is not afraid of infamy, you can call him whatever you want, whether you say Gu is cruel, or you say Gu burns books and confuses Confucianism.

But this matter is not to be discussed. Back to basics, the Five Classics are the Five Classics. As for which Five Classics, of course, you have the final say. Of course, if you have any opinions, just say it, and you can say whatever you want. "

Guo Peng sat down again, clapped his hands, and asked Su Yuan to hand him a cup of tea.

Then, a group of black-armored soldiers appeared outside the gate of the palace, and the leading general Dian Wei looked like a tiger, with a menacing aura.

They were fully armed and stared at the people in the hall, as if they would rush into the hall to help the people in the hall reincarnate at the emperor's order.

Chapter 1151 One Thousand 160 One Thus, the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws became history

Seeing those black-armored soldiers who looked like tigers, the "celebrities" were stunned, and their faces turned pale.

Guo Peng, however, didn't seem to notice the group of black-armored soldiers, and took a sip from the tea bowl, feeling the fragrance on his lips and teeth.

"Speak freely. Gu Su is here to spread the word. I like to hear the truth. My mouth grows on you. You can say whatever you want. Gu will listen."

Waited and waited, no one spoke.

Of course, no one dared to speak.

"No one speaks? Let's leave it like this. This matter is settled like this. The five classics orthodoxy stipulated by Guochao is just like this. It will be announced to the public soon. What to do, just do it. Don't give me a chance to speak." , then from now on, don't talk about it.

If you still want to pass it on, then pass it on. If you don’t want to pass it on, you can learn something else. Anyway, I don’t doubt your academic level. If you want to learn something else, you welcome it and don’t stop it. But today If there are still people who speak out against this matter, don't be so ruthless! "

After speaking, Guo Peng stood up and left Huanglong Hall with Su Yuan's support.

Cai Yong looked at the group of people below, sighed deeply, shook his head, and left behind Guo Peng.

Later that day, the imperial court announced the specific results of the Huanglongdian meeting.

Academic officials who retain the laws of the five families are established as orthodox, and they are called Doctors of the Five Classics.

From then on, the imperial court only recognized the Five Classics, and only by studying the Five Classics and family law can scholars participate in the promotion of filial piety and honesty, and then they can participate in the re-examination of the government and become an official. Otherwise, they will not be able to be an official.

Nothing has changed, from the very beginning until now, it seems that their protests, their resolutions, and their statements have no meaning and are just ignored.

The emperor never cared about their protests and their ideas, and went his own way.

What is this Huanglongdian meeting about?

Is it just for arguing?

Some people fainted on the spot, some were very angry, some yelled, and some cried.

Some people were ecstatic, some were singing and laughing, some were calling friends, some were crying with joy.

All sentient beings can be seen at a glance.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore, and called everyone to go to the palace to petition His Majesty the Emperor, asking His Majesty to change his decision and listen to the voices of the scholars again.

Family law cannot be abolished, and inheritance cannot be broken.

If His Majesty does not agree, they will sit and die in front of the palace to express their deepest protest!

After spreading the word, many people were aroused, and they aggressively decided to march towards the palace, trying to petition the emperor.

However, at this moment, the gate of the palace city opened, and a large group of black-armored soldiers walked out of the imperial city, and then lined up, facing the scholars who were trying to "petition".

"The forbidden area of ​​the palace, unless His Majesty allows it, you are not allowed to approach it! Anyone who approaches it will be punished as a crime of treason!"

Xu Chu, who is like a bear and a tiger, only needs to rely on his own loud voice to shout out such a loud voice.

The black-armored imperial army only needs to stand motionless at the gate of the palace, and the murderous aura soaring into the sky is enough to shock people's hearts.

Some people retreated, but some people still encouraged the scholars to move forward. They bet that these black armored soldiers would not dare to kill people.

It is true that black-armored soldiers can't kill people, but they may not be able to arrest people.

Xu Chu immediately spotted the leaders of the trouble, and gave an order, and a group of black armored soldiers rushed forward to arrest them, knocked the scholars to pieces, and captured the leaders of the trouble.

They were still struggling, but it was meaningless. When they were rushed by the black armored soldiers, the ranks of the scholars were in chaos.

"One stick of incense for a limited time, and those who stay at that time will be punished as a crime of rebellion, and the three clans will be held accountable! Severe punishment will never be forgiven! Go!"

Xu Chu asked someone to light a stick of incense, and then stared at everyone in the big square.

The melon-eating crowd dispersed quickly, and the scholars who had no intention of making trouble also dispersed one after another.

Those who planned to make trouble watched the captured leaders being pushed into Miyagi without a trace, swallowed, and bowed their heads to leave.

They don't have the guts to come up to snatch people, it seems that other than the mouth, other places are not easy to use.

Soon, there was no one else in the square except the black armored soldiers.

Youdao is that scholars failed to rebel for three years, and the troubles of scholars are meaningless, and Guo is not worried about these people making troubles at all.

And no matter what those people in the Yellow Dragon Hall think or do, it doesn't make any sense at this moment.

Guo Peng's imperial decree was passed on to Taixue and the Ministry of Rites.

Yuan Si, who was in charge of the management of Taixue, and Xu Jing, Minister of Rites, were called immediately.

Yuan Si immediately commanded the Taixue teaching team to remove teaching materials other than "Yan's Gongyang Chunqiu", "Meng's Yi", "Zhou Guanli", "Mao Shi" and "Ouyang Shangshu" in all directions, and moved all of them into the Palace Library for storage. , will not be taken out again unless necessary.

Xu Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, immediately called a meeting of his subordinates to convey the emperor's order, so that all the officials who presided over the re-examination of the government knew.

The content of the re-examination by the government in the future will be "Yan Shi Gongyang Chunqiu", "Meng Shi Yi", "Zhou Guanli", "Mao Shi" and "Ouyang Shangshu".

The rest of the family laws other than these five are not included in the scope of the examination. If you want to be an official, you must follow these five family laws... To be precise, it is the path of orthodox sage law.

Those who don't understand the teaching content of these five kinds of family law will naturally not be able to take up the re-examination work of the government. People who know how to do it need to preside over the work, so one group of people were replaced, and another group of people took up the post.

Someone Guo quickly banned the living space of the remaining nine family laws in terms of education and examinations, and then let Cai Yong take the lead in electing a new Doctor of Five Classics.

By mid-April, in a very short period of time, the Five Classics and Fourteen Schools of Law had become history.

From now on, there will only be the Five Classics, and there will be no Fourteen Schools of Law.

Families that have lost the meaning of family law inheritance are like mourning concubines, some crying loudly on the streets of Luoyang, and some crying loudly at a friend's house.

After crying, this wave of people also acted in two ways.

All the way, they resolutely disagreed with the emperor's idea, and insisted on passing on their own family law, saying that one day, their own family law can return to the sequence of official theories, and they still have hope.

They are determined not to compromise, and would rather be an opposition school than accept this result.

There are very few people following them, but there are still some. They left Luoyang, returned to their hometown, and hibernated quietly, waiting for an opportunity.

They really think they still have a chance, the ups and downs of hundreds of years, many family laws have been cut off, and many have regained the status of government schools, such things are not uncommon.

As long as the emperor is changed, there is a chance.

The other way is more realistic. After being attacked by the emperor, he decided to compromise and continue to pass on the family law in private, but he has already begun to seek reconciliation with the orthodox Five Classics family, hoping to get the opportunity to learn the orthodox Five Classics family law.

However, there are too many people who want to do this. Many well-known scholar families have already made requests to them earlier than them, and these opposition families who fought to the end were rejected.

Then some of them finally understood that their behavior of fighting to the end became typical, and they were not recognized by the emperor.

The emperor said it nicely, but this group of people may never even think about returning to the center of the court.

All their political forces, all old disciples, may be jointly persecuted by the emperor and the beneficiaries of the New Pentateuch School, and it will be difficult for them to continue to gain a foothold in the court.

They count one by one, and they will all face the emperor and the winners after the fall.

Realizing this, they feel fear and despair, but there is nothing they can do.

Sure enough, in late April, a new round of cleaning began.

chapter 1152

In the new round of political purges, a group of officials who had opposed the Huanglongdian meeting were under the joint investigation of the three divisions under the arrangement of Guo.

Then most of them were found to have problems, either corruption, or dereliction of duty, or other problems.

Afterwards, they were either demoted or ransacked. The lightest punishment was to be demoted and retained, so as to see the aftermath.

A group of scholars were deprived of their household registration and were no longer recognized as scholars. They were exiled to the southern border, to the four counties in southern Jing and the southern part of Yangzhou, where they were required to settle down and would not return if they were pardoned.

Going against the emperor will never end well.

Someone like Guo needs to firmly engrave this kind of cognition into the heads of these bureaucrats and into their DNA.

Anyone who decides to fight against the emperor must be prepared in advance to suffer merciless revenge.

Then, the emperor's cronies and those belonging to the New Pentateuch school quickly took over these functions.

By mid-May, in less than a month, the emperor and those with vested interests had wiped away all traces of the Jiujia Family Law in Luoyang.

The speed and high efficiency are simply a miracle under the bureaucratic system.

It can be seen that for the sake of power and interests, bureaucrats can also act quite quickly.

And in the foreseeable future, there is no possibility of the revival of the nine family laws.

I don't know whether these nine family laws can be passed on to the future emperor who is willing to restore them.

It's hard to say, think about it, "Guliang Chunqiu" and "Zuoshi Chunqiu", which are not included in the official academic system, have also been handed down to the present?