The commotion caused by the Imperial College soon set off a frenzy in Chang'an.
In the Houde Hall, Liu Chang and Liu An were sitting facing each other. There were no outsiders. Lu Lu was standing outside the door, not allowing others to approach.
"Father, we have found out everything. That person did not lie. The high school student was forced to death by Zhang Chi and his group. When they were in class together, Shen Peigong praised the high school student's article and then reprimanded Zhang Xi. He followed the example of his classmates and did not waste his time. Because of this incident, Zhang Xi hated the high school student, so he led many friends to humiliate the high school student in various ways and isolate him. The high school student could not bear the humiliation and eventually committed suicide."
"I also discovered that this kind of thing is not an isolated case. The outstanding students I ordered to recruit were subjected to a lot of criticism in Taixue. They were not even allowed to sit in the front row during class. When they debated in Taixue on weekdays, they could not even sit in the front row. Sit down and you can't speak rashly...it's too much!
"
"These noble disciples simply regard these diligent students as their own servants! They also force them to write articles for themselves, give up their authorship rights, and seize their achievements... There are also some of the great people in Taixue. Many people have tried to rectify this phenomenon, but without much success. Several people are willing to testify to prove the existence of humiliation and killing, while others dare not testify at all. They are afraid of triggering the revenge of the Chehous. Only those people are not afraid of this... I have made a big mistake again."
Liu An's face was a little gloomy, "I originally wanted to support these lower-class scholars. On the one hand, I wanted to select talents for the country, and on the other hand, I also wanted to prevent the wealthy families from monopolizing official positions... I never thought that I would actually harm them and make them suffer." Such unfair treatment."
"Oh, you're right."
"Their reaction just proves that your approach is right. These children of the wealthy family are only two or three generations old. They have already forgotten their roots. They think they are extraordinary and talk too much. They have no talent. If such a group of people are allowed to monopolize Guanjue, come to hold the official position of the Han Dynasty. Is there any way out for the Han Dynasty? The master father Yan is right. The hidden dangers of a wealthy family are far greater than those of a powerful family... The current wealthy family has only passed through two or three generations. If another generation Seven or eight generations of people, is that okay? Now you start to ride on those people’s heads and dominate them. In another two hundred years, are you afraid that you will be lost on those people’s heads?”
Liu An paused and said, "My father is right. I noticed this when I was assisting Prime Minister Zhang in doing things."
"At that time, Prime Minister Zhang was dealing with the promotion list and the appointment and dismissal list. I found that most of them were acquaintances. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they were related to acquaintances... I was quite happy at first. The tiger father had a male son, and I thought they all inherited the lintel. I inherited my father's business, but when I really got to know these people, I discovered that they had no talent at all. They just relied on their titles to hold important positions. Even those achievements could not be established and they were lying. , shielding each other, colluding with each other, flattering each other... At that time, the sons and ministers began to wake up."
"Why did the Qin State want to be stronger than other countries in the past? It was because they were meritorious. As long as they could kill people and perform meritorious deeds, they could be promoted regardless of their status... But today's promotions of the Han Dynasty are..." It feels like "the father is the three princes and the son is the nine princes". It is very scary for merchants to monopolize goods, let alone monopolize officials and titles. And the cultivated land and wealth they occupy are even more frightening than those of powerful people, such as Chao Cuo Such ministers cannot deal with wealthy families, because their farmland is a reward from the temple, not illegal income..."
"From then on, I began to think of ways to promote the lower class scholars."
"I'm not just promoting a few lower-class scholars and letting them deal with the current wealthy families. What I want to do is to give the lower class a path to the upper class, because I know that these wealthy families today also came from poor backgrounds in the past.
It is inevitable that the poor students who become powerful will become new wealthy families in the future. All I can do is to open up a certain path. Just like the assessment I once made, the result of the assessment was not to promote Gongsun Hong.
Instead of virtuous people from poor backgrounds, it allows people like Gongsun Hong to have a way to move up..."
"Tai Xue is the most important cultural center in the Han Dynasty. In the official assessment held every year in various places, as long as it is important departments, Tai Xue students have an absolute advantage. The number of newly promoted officials in important positions last year totaled
There are more than 1,600 people, and more than 1,500 of them are from Taixue... In addition to officials, there are many people. There are more and more people from poor backgrounds, and they are also thinking
How to open this road..."
"I specially set up Qinsheng. I originally wanted to make this road wider, but I didn't expect... that it would lead to such a tragedy."
This was probably the first time Liu An told Liu Chang his innermost thoughts.
Liu Chang pondered for a long time and looked at his useless son, "It's a good idea."
"That's why you have done so many things in these years? You set up local schools to train the three elders, you want to let women participate, you ban the membership, and you have those weird assessment settings...
"
"Is such that."
Liu Chang suddenly laughed, without the anger just now.
"I thought you were just anxious to prove yourself in front of me, so you started all kinds of nonsense, trying to attract my attention... Now it seems that I was wrong."
Liu An was startled and shook his head hastily, "I don't dare, my minister's rough work has caused such a disaster..."
"Okay, don't be so scared. You are already a father. Can I still beat you in anger?"
"The Imperial College must be cured... Lu Lu said to me on the way back that he hoped I would set up another school so that poor students could move there and form two Imperial Colleges, one for nobles and one for common people, to compete with each other and ease the situation.
I deeply agree with the contradiction and think this is a good solution, what do you think?"
Liu An looked hesitant, "Father...what's the best way to do this...isn't this exacerbating the conflict? Isn't it forcing them to confront each other? If this is really done, within a hundred years, there will be a lot of trouble because of the two queens.
The reason for learning has caused chaos in the world...how can this be done?"
Liu Chang laughed again.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"The problem now is not a simple insult, but involves the confrontation between the powerful and the common people. The powerful are becoming more and more dissatisfied with many of my policies... Zhang Chi and the others have just been arrested, and the person who came to write a letter to plead for them
There are countless of them, this is their power... No king can underestimate their power. They are the most important way to govern the country. Without them, even a king will become a loner and will not be tolerated by the world.
..”
"Therefore, I believe that things need to be done, but not urgently, but slowly. The first step is to promote legislation to ease the bullying phenomenon in the Imperial College. This can be used as a reason to attract everyone's attention and privately increase the enthusiasm of the students.
scale, build more books and schools, increase the power of poor scholars, and at the same time reform the assessment, add more paths for poor people, break the monopoly of the powerful in many aspects, so that they can reach unprecedented heights within ten years.
The state of being bullied can reach a point where it can be fought within fifty years, and within a hundred years..."
"Okay...no need to say any more."
Liu Chang interrupted Liu An's tirade.
"I understand what you mean. It is to temporarily retreat, to reduce big things to small things, and to make small things small. Is that what you mean?"
Liu An hurriedly lowered his head. There were some words that he did not dare to say clearly.
"I'm not dead, why are you so cowardly? With me here, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that they will unite against us? Oh, do you think the army under Naigong is vegetarian?"
Liu Chang said seriously: "I have made a decision. The first step is to investigate the Imperial Academy and drive out those guys who fish in troubled waters to put money on their faces. Then severely deal with people like Zhang Xi.
Turn Taixue into a place where talents are promoted, regardless of origin, and ban those messy boy boys, filial and honest boys, and the like. No more powerful people are allowed to send their naughty children to study, and treat each other in the name of filial piety and honesty.
Send those who are overwhelmed to study... they are not here to study anyway..."
Liu An's expression changed drastically.
"Father!
No!
"
"It's not that I deliberately oppose my father, it's just that these Taixue students... they are all the descendants of today's important ministers and even some wealthy families. They don't come to Taixue to study. We don't let them come to Taixue to study.
Let them study...Father, there are only two of us here now, and I will tell you some things directly. Please don't blame me!"
"In the final analysis, the purpose of allowing those powerful men to come to Taixue for further study is to win their support, unite with them, and govern the Han Dynasty together... There is a difference between a wealthy family and a powerful man. A powerful man can be killed by any county magistrate.
Even if you offend the powerful people in the world, there is no problem, but this wealthy family is different. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, even Chao Cuo and Liu Jing, can be considered a wealthy family. Aren't Liu Jing's children also in the Imperial College?
?If we take the initiative to expel these people, the situation will be different...all the ministers in the temple join forces and are as strong as my father, can they fight against them?"
"Father, I don't mean to be disrespectful to you. I'm just worried that this will cause greater trouble. This policy is too urgent. To deal with this matter, we must use stability..."
Seeing that Liu An's face was red with anxiety and he was having trouble speaking, Liu Chang's expression softened a little.
"I got you."
"It's certainly good to take things slowly."
"However, that is for others, but Naigong is different."
"Even if Nai Gong wants to deal with them, they don't dare to object... If nothing else, I am ordering the execution of city residents, and I don't believe he will resent me for this..."
Liu An looked at Liu Chang blankly, his heart full of bitterness, "Does father have to be like this?"
"Hahaha, ever since I was little, Nai Gong has never given up on what he has to do, but I am still very happy. Just because of what you said, in my eyes, you have always been the one who was robbed of your flesh.
And the crying child, what you said today made me wake up. You have grown up... you have your own ideas and your own judgment on the situation. I no longer have to worry about you following my example.
Yes, you have found your own path."
"That's right, I won't worry that after you inherit the throne in the future, you will make the Han people miserable. Although you can't reach the level of me, you can still be regarded as a conservative king who has done something... I don't know, in the future
According to those rotten people, your achievements are still higher than mine!"
Liu Chang stroked his beard and said seriously: "I didn't do it temporarily."
"It's only two or three generations now, and there's a lot to be done. If I go by what you said, don't forget that the power of the common people will increase, won't the powerful ones also? In another hundred years, I'm afraid the concepts of the upper and lower levels will have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Well, when the time comes and your ancestor is a butcher, they will find ten thousand reasons to object. I'm sure they will also make up a story about my father's background, saying that he is not a pavilion chief, but a certain person.
Gods descended to the earth, or how wealthy the ancestors were... Some things are better to be struck before they are deeply rooted. Even if you can't kill them, they can be easily dealt with if they cause serious injuries."
"Including what you said about women studying and becoming officials, if you bring it up again a hundred years later, I'm afraid all the officials will be killed in front of you..."
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"Some diseases become more difficult to cure the longer they are delayed."
Liu Chang spoke slowly, and Liu An suddenly woke up. He seemed to understand something. His father always acted vigorously and swiftly, and everyone was eager for quick success. Even Liu An felt that his father cared too much about merit.
, the things he did for merit were simply outrageous. He wished he could do everything that took thousands of years in one day. But at this moment, Liu An suddenly realized that his father seemed to have his own ideas, but outsiders couldn't.
Just understand.
Father and son had a rare opportunity to be honest.
Liu An scratched his head, "Father... Although what you said makes sense, what should we do next? You have arrested Father Zhong, and my aunt must have arrived at Changle Palace by now, and Marquis Wuyang is still in Chang'an.
, he must also be at the gate of the palace...and Zhang Xi, well, although his aunt is not his biological mother, she raised him, I'm afraid she will have to come later...These people
We are close relatives and elders, what should we do??"
"Hmph, what are you afraid of? Can they still be above the king?"
Liu Chang was very disdainful.
"You are not afraid. You close the door and don't allow anyone to come in. No one can do anything to you. But what about me?? You asked me to take charge of this matter. I'm afraid I will be surrounded by elders as soon as I go out.
,What should I do??"
"It would be fine if they were all my peers, but those are my elders. Do I really want to execute them as you said?"
Liu Chang was very unhappy, "I praised you just now, why are you acting stupid again now? What are you afraid of them doing? I'm not dead yet, so don't be timid!"
"
Liu An really has ten thousand things in her heart that she wants to spit out. Is this a matter of timidity?
No one else told her, except her aunt Liu Le. She caught her and asked her to let her go. What could she do? Tell her that her father was the emperor? Forcibly imprison her? Execute her? He was not crazy.
!
!
But Liu Chang obviously had no intention of giving Liu An any advice.
He said seriously: "Anyway, these people cannot be released easily. Wang Gao, an old man, only cares about knowledge and does not care about students. Such a person is not worthy of staying in Taixue. Let him go to Xia Kingdom! As for the city people, this
He has been watching the academic battles all day long, and now he is drinking with his friends every day. He is not doing anything serious, so he cannot be released easily. He should be deposed from his title and sent to the Beiting Kingdom to let his horses go! As for Zhang Chi, this guy is
How can I forgive my Youzi for doing such an outrageous thing and killing his classmates? Execute him!
"
"By the way, there is one more thing. I want to join a wealthy family, but you can't join them. You are not qualified enough. Therefore, after leaving this door, you are opposed to me joining a wealthy family. Do you understand what I mean? When the time comes,
Just oppose me, don't be afraid of being punished, and reunite those people with you as soon as possible..."
"You mean like Mr. Lu?"
"Ahem, just hurry up and go deal with it!
"
Liu An pursed his lips and asked cautiously: "Then if it's my aunt..."
"Why did I give birth to you, a fool? Come closer and I will teach you how to do it..."
Liu Chang asked Liu An to come closer to him and gave instructions in his ear.
When Liu An walked out of Houde Hall, Lu Lu grabbed Liu An's hand violently.
"An, how did your Majesty deal with those people? Are the city men and horses executed?"
Lu Lu looked really worried.
Liu An thought for a moment and did not hide anything. He said directly: "My father said that he wanted to depose Father Zhong and go to Beiting Kingdom. Wang Gao was exiled to Xia Kingdom. Zhang Chi might be executed. There is also Cao Qi, the Marquis of Pingyang.
My father asked him to go to Longxi to serve as a corvee..."
Lu Lu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. The city people didn't ignore the case on purpose. There was an incident in the Imperial College before, and Wang Gao forced many people away. He was busy handling this matter. It was really unjust... Go
Beiting Country is also good."
Lu Lu suddenly reacted, "What happened to Cao Qi?? He was also involved??"
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe my father found out about the fact that he was in Taixue in name but never went to Taixue. Anyway, my father was furious and ordered him to go to Longxi to serve as a corvee for two years..."
"That's it... By the way, let me tell you, my aunt is with the queen right now, you have to be careful..."
"I understand, my father has already told me."
...........
"Mother!
!”
When Liu An bumped into the Shou Palace, Queen Lu was stunned. She glared at Liu An and said, "Why are you starting to follow your father's tricks?"
"I'm too old to withstand such threats from you!"
"Sit down."
Liu An obediently sat aside, lowered his head, and just sighed.
Seeing Liu An's appearance, Empress Lu patted his forehead and said, "Don't imitate your father here! That bastard is really good and doesn't teach you, he only teaches this...forget it, you say
Well, what's the matter? Just say it, if you dare to imitate your father and cry to me, I'll kick you out right now!"
Liu An immediately straightened up his body and said, "Auntie... do you know what happened in Taixue?"