Chapter 387 This is the temple, not the Tang Kingdom!
The skill of Shen Bu Hua has a very high upper limit.
As a ruthless man who could die after the reform, Shen Buhai's influence in later generations was not as good as other Legalist leaders. However, his academic ideas were continuously used by various ruthless people, including Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.
, for a character like Zhuge Wuhou, while his upper limit is very high, his lower limit is also very low.
During the Warring States Period, the Korean kings made domestic government affairs a mess, and some operations were really incomprehensible.
The Legal School attaches great importance to the majesty of the law, so it needs to constantly build reputation, while the Shu School does not have that trouble. It all depends on personal ability. The stronger the personal ability, the greater the power that can be exercised, and the more capable you are.
Use it flexibly.
"No wonder Korea perished so quickly. This technique of Shen Buha is clearly used by those mediocre kings!"
Liu Chang's face was full of disdain.
Lu Lu looked at His Majesty who was making a lot of nonsense and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I don't think so. Shen Buha's technique will offend many ministers. Only a strong king can use it. If it is a king with insufficient talents,
, wouldn’t that mean killing Zhongliang indiscriminately and making the people in the country miserable?”
"The emphasis of Shen Buhai's scholarship is to enable the king to better control his ministers. If the ability is strong enough, the ministers will obey themselves, so why do they still need to use his scholarship?"
Lu Lu hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, that's not the case. Shen Buhai's knowledge not only requires the king to control the ministers, but also pays attention to reform and clarifying the law, so that everyone in the country knows what should be done and what should not be done..."
"fart!"
"Mingfa is Shang Yang's idea!"
Liu Chang interrupted Lu Lu rudely.
"I asked you to read more books on weekdays. Look at you, you can even confuse the core of the Dharma School and the Shu School. Those teachers that your uncle hired for you were really in vain!"
It was really shameful to be scolded by Liu Chang for being uneducated.
Lu Lu's face turned red and he argued: "I have read Huang Lao's books a lot, but I don't know much about Legalism."
"I don't understand what you are going to do? When King Han Wu and Shen Buhai were asking about politics, Shen Buhai once said that people in the country should not know too much, otherwise they would lose their awe... People say
The purpose is to rectify names and rectify the law, to make people fear the law, and to clarify the law is what Shang Yang said!"
Lu Lu's eyes widened, "Your Majesty, there has never been a King Wu in Korea... Are you talking about Han Zhaohou?"
Liu Chang said unhappily: "This is the gap between you and me."
"When you were studying, you always held on to these unimportant things. Is it King Wu of Han or Hou Zhaohou of Han? What's the point? Isn't the most important thing about political affairs? You only remember Han Zhaohou, but I remember
They know the process of political affairs and what Shen Buyu wants to express... This is why you are inferior to me!"
"Reading is not to remember the minutiae, but to apply what you have learned and master the knowledge that is truly useful to you. Otherwise, what book would you read?"
Lu Lu was shocked and worshiped him.
"I will be taught a lesson!"
Not far away, Sima Xi was thoughtful and writing quickly.
Liu Chang also noticed this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and waved his hand to ask Sima Xi to come. Sima Xi walked to Liu Chang's side vigilantly, always on guard against this tyrant, who really dared to snatch it.
"His Majesty."
"Now that many schools of thought have come to Chang'an, some of the debates among them are still meaningful. You need to send more people to record them... We still need to pay attention to the compilation of these classics."
Sima Xi was a little surprised. This was the first time in so many years that His Majesty told him about business. His Majesty looked a little strange. Sima Xi asked seriously: "Which schools of debate should be recorded?"
"If everything is recorded, there will always be something available...even if we can't use it now, we may not be able to use it in the future."
"Since these people have come to Chang'an, we can't let them go!"
"These celebrities hide books as family heirlooms and don't want outsiders to know about them. This behavior is really selfish. You have to find a way to get all these books out of them. Get as many as you want!"
"
Liu Chang explained enthusiastically.
Sima Xi was very unhappy. He frowned and said, "As a king, how can you rob the minister's books?!"
"I cannot obey orders!"
"At the beginning, the King of Qin and the King of Chu cooperated with each other. The King of Qin was responsible for collecting books from the world, and the King of Chu was responsible for burning them. Soon after, many of the world's classics were lost. Even the most important classics of Confucianism can no longer be found. As for other schools of thought,
Even more so... There are not many ancient books that can be found in the Tianlu Pavilion of the imperial palace..."
"In the years since I came to power, figures like Xunzi, Confucius, and Hanzi have never appeared in the world. I think this is not because there are no wise kings, but probably because the books have been lost!"
"I have ordered several times to collect the classics from all over the world, but they are printed and distributed to the people of the world to read and study. I want to make more talents appear everywhere... Even the books in Tianlu Pavilion are distributed.
Well, if my father were still here, he would definitely take off his shoes and beat me because of this move!"
"But what about them? They care about selfishness but ignore the justice of the world! Should this classic be hidden in their hands and buried with them?! It's not like I won't return it to them after I print it!"
Listening to Liu Chang's words, Sima Xi was a little shaken.
In fact, your Majesty is right. In the early Han Dynasty, many books were lost. What the wealthy families and these so-called famous people liked to do most was to collect books and regard books as their family strength. Some people even kept those orphan copies.
Stay and bury him... His Majesty values the style of writing, so you shouldn't object to it.
Liu Chang grinned, "It turns out that these people are avoiding me. It's rare for you to come to Chang'an this time... I know that you like books very much. You often visit ministers and borrow their classics to read. Don't you want to know about these people?"
Are there many good things hidden?"
"I heard that among the great scholars who came to Chang'an, there was a man named Fu. His father was a doctor from the state of Qin. He was a hundred years old. He had a copy of "Shang Shu" hidden at home. Don't you want to take a look?
"
Liu Chang's voice was full of confusion. Sima Xi didn't have any hobbies, he just liked reading. The allure of the entire Shangshu was really not low for him.
Sima Xi hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, this is something that will benefit the world, but it is not impossible..."
"It's just that although Taishi is also responsible for collecting and organizing classics...but these people regard books as treasures, and their status is not high, how can they get them?"
Lu Lu had just lost face in front of Liu Chang. He originally showed his face, but ended up exposing his buttocks. Naturally, he wanted to make amends at this moment.
He immediately said: "This is not easy to handle. They are all in Chang'an at the moment! We kidnapped them and asked their family members to redeem them with books? Just like Fu Sheng's son, we kidnapped him and asked his father to redeem him.
Bring the minister to return it, if you don't give it back, we will tear it up..."
Sima Xi suddenly became furious and was about to curse, but Liu Chang cursed first: "Bullshit!"
Lu Lu was stunned and looked at Liu Chang blankly.
Liu Chang reprimanded angrily: "You are my servant, how can you say such a thing? Are you an official or a robber?!"
Lu Lu was stunned immediately. He wanted to say something, but looked at Sima Xi beside him and held back.
Sima Xi glanced at His Majesty and said: "If there is a king, there must be ministers."
Liu Chang stared at him and nodded, "You are right!"
Sima Xi asked helplessly: "Your Majesty, if I come to ask for it directly, I'm afraid they won't give it to me... maybe... Zhi... someone else is more suitable."
Although Sima Xi was very eager for classics, he still did not lower his face and said the name of Zhidu.
"Bullshit, you're asking for the classics when you've gone there? That's called confiscation of the house!"
Liu Chang shook his head, "Of course there is a reason why I asked you to take charge of this matter... As for those of you, it is useless to threaten them with force. Most of them are not afraid of death and have stubborn personalities. If
I beat them, they may be very happy, the only thing they are afraid of is their own reputation, and reputation... hahaha, isn't it you who has the final say?"
Liu Chang winked, and Sima Xi finally understood what he meant.
He shook his head firmly.
"Your Majesty, I cannot blackmail them with this. This is not something historians can do."
"It's not like I'm asking you to actually write... I'm just trying to scare you. Don't you want to read those books?"
There was no hesitation on Sima Xi's face, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, if historians record history based on their own likes and dislikes, accept bribes from others, and use this to blackmail others, then can future generations still trust this history book?
?Although I like classics, I cannot obtain them through this method."
Lu Lu was displeased and cursed: "Then why do you always target me and His Majesty?! And you said you don't record your likes and dislikes?"
"I just recorded the words and deeds of His Majesty and the ministers. How can this be considered targeted..."
Lu Lu thought about it and realized it was the same.
Liu Chang looked calm and nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Okay, since you don't want to... Then I won't force you. I am not an unruly king. So, let's stop being your Taishi Ling and let Chao Cuo take over the post..."
Sima Xi was silent for a moment, "Your Majesty, I don't have to accept this position, but can I not let Chao Cuo take it?"
"Okay, then let Zhidu take over the job concurrently."
Sima Xi was silent for a long time again.
"Your Majesty, tell me, who are you mainly asking for?"
Sima Xi thought for a long time. Compared with blackmail, it seems more unacceptable to let Legalists serve as historians, especially people like Chao Cuo and Zhidu. What are they like? Sima Xi is the most
Yes, it is clear that if they came to record important events in the temple, they would be completely screwed. Can they still read what they wrote?
After seeing Sima Xi off, Liu Chang smiled proudly.
Lu Lu then said: "Sima Xi was here just now, and I didn't dare to say anything more, but why did Your Majesty use such a cumbersome method to obtain it? Couldn't we just kidnap him?"
"Do you know the story about pumping water to catch fish?"
"This is something I have never heard of..."
Liu Chang's eyes were full of disappointment, "Let you study more!"
"When the King of Chu attacked Sui, King Sui convened ministers to discuss countermeasures. Someone proposed a way to defraud the Chu State. There was a man named Yongsheng who said: If someone wants to catch fish, he should use all the water in the pond to catch fish.
Dry it, so of course he can catch all the fish in the pond, but by next year, there will be no fish left in the pond!"
"These people today are like fish in a pond. If we dry up all the water in the pond at once, of course the fish can be caught. But then, can they still fish? They are just afraid of being scared.
I will never dare to come to Chang'an again!"
Lu Lu hesitated for a long time, "Oh, that's what Your Majesty thinks."
He didn't think about reminding His Majesty what the allusion was called, nor did he point out that it was Chu and Jin, and Sui didn't even have a king... None of these were important. What was important was that he understood what Your Majesty meant.
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"Whose idea was it to let Sima Xi do this?"
"Of course it's mine!"
"There are no outsiders here...Why bother, Your Majesty?"
Liu Chang whispered: "It's my Zhongshu Ling Yuan Jun, this man is a great talent!"
"Didn't you say you wanted to hang him up and beat him some time ago?"
"Oh, when you said that, I remembered that I was here to chat with you, but Liu Jing hasn't let go yet!!"
.........
Liu Chang still valued Liu Jing very much, which can be seen from the fact that he personally brought people to Tingwei to release Liu Jing.
Today's Tingwei is filled with a chilling air.
Zhidu's power school looks at the ability of the king, Zhang Buyi's magic school looks at the ability of the user, and Zhang Shizhi's legal school looks at the power of the law. Therefore, the legal school always uses big figures to sway the people.
In terms of prestige, they are different from those ministers in later generations who were trying to gain prestige for themselves. They were trying to gain prestige for the law, not for themselves. They were killing monkeys to show the chickens, so that everyone could understand that the law was inviolable and that the law was enforced more efficiently.
If they are strict, they will be more effective at doing things.
Han Feizi's school is more complicated. The combination of the three requires testing the king's ability, his own ability, and the strength of the law. This is more difficult... Most people can't learn it. Han Feizi's
In this era, there is indeed such a king who is most suitable for him, a person who can value his talents, a country that is most suitable for him, and the strictest laws... It is a pity that the bad thing is the word "Han".
If he were not Han Zi, but Qin Zi, maybe everything would be different.
Chao Cuo's knowledge was inherited from this big brother. However, Chao Cuo's own ability was not as good as Han Xin, the king he was loyal to was not as good as that one, and the strength of the laws of the Han Dynasty when he was in was obviously not as strong as Qin's. This resulted in
His tragedy.
If Chao Cuo had been born twenty years later and met Emperor Wu, perhaps the situation would have been different. Under Emperor Wu, Chao Cuo really had a chance to become the fourth virtuous prime minister after Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Zhang Cang.
Liu Jing did not receive any special preferential treatment in the court, and Zhang Shizhi treated him equally. As for Liu Jing's fault, he insulted the king during the court meeting, which had violated the law. Although Empress Lu banned the abdominal discussion, she could
This does not mean that you can reprimand the king in person.
"Hahaha, Mr. Liu was so fierce during the court meeting, why don't he continue to abuse him now?"
Liu Chang stood outside the fence and looked at Liu Jing inside the prison.
In Liu Chang's era, offending the king was not that terrible. Although Liu Chang was irritable and would beat ministers, he was very affectionate and kind. Unless he made a big mistake, he would never do it because of it.
Killing someone for a trivial matter.
"The Han Dynasty has governed well over the years. When Emperor Gao imprisoned his generals, the walls would leak..."
Liu Jing narrowed his eyes and said.
Liu Chang was delighted and said, "This is all my credit!"
He was about to step forward to speak, but Yuan An, the secretary of the Central Committee on the side, said: "The reason why Emperor Gao sent you to prison was because you didn't listen to your correct advice, not because you insulted the king. The reason why you were put in jail was not for your advice.
, but the wrong way to give advice. I heard that there is etiquette between kings and ministers, and between father and son. If the king does something wrong, he can give advice, but how can he insult him? This is like eating the food of the adults in the family.
, but beating adults because they have done something wrong is a serious crime of unfilial piety."
"You committed such a serious crime, but His Majesty did not arrest you and kill you. You should be grateful. How dare you open your mouth to ridicule?!"
At this time, Yuan Ang was not at all dull as usual, and he spoke faster and faster, with a thick dialect.
Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, huh?
Isn't he praising me? When did he mock me?
Yuan An explained: "Your Majesty, Emperor Gao was imprisoned by Emperor Liu for admonishing Emperor Gao to withdraw his troops. Later Emperor Gao regretted not listening to him and took him out personally. When he talked about this matter, he was mocking Your Majesty for not obeying.
His advice will sooner or later fail like Emperor Gao did!"
Liu Chang suddenly realized, and then looked at Liu Jing angrily, "I came to release you with good intentions, but you actually come to mock me?!"
"How unreasonable?!"
Liu Jing looked at Yuan An in surprise at this moment and asked: "Are you Yuan Kuai's brother?"
Yuan An didn't reply, and his expression became dull again.
Liu Chang also had his own way to deal with Liu Jing, the inexperienced Liu Jing, "Don't let him out! Let the internal historian come directly to the prison to tell him everything. Give him paper and pen, and let him stay in the prison."
Let’s go to the inner workings! Wait until he is willing to plead guilty and then release him!”
Liu Chang took Yuan An out of Tingwei Prison and walked on the road. Liu Chang looked back at his young Zhongshu Ling from time to time.
This guy is pretty good, I haven't noticed him before.
Although he usually always contradicts himself, when he encounters villains' ridicule and he doesn't react for a while, the role of this guy is revealed. Moreover, he previously proposed to let Sima Xilai get those books, which can be seen from this.
, and he is not that kind of Confucian scholar.
"Do you know Luan Bu? He belongs to the same school of thought as you!"
"I met Duke Luan once in the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't dare to reach out to him."
"Hahaha, yes, everyone from your school can do it. Luan Bu also liked to contradict me at the beginning... For the sake of your ability, if you contradict me again in the future, I won't hit you!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
ps: The emperor passed through Guanliang, not far away, eliminated slander, eliminated corporal punishment, rewarded the elders, sympathized with the lonely, and educated all living beings. - "Historical Records"
Jiancheng Shenhou Lu, once served as the emperor's servant, but was not good at promoting opinions. - "Historical Records"