The first thousand one hundred and fifty-sixth chapters (2)
"Your Majesty is holding the Shiqu Pavilion meeting this time to discuss state affairs with hundreds of famous people..." As soon as he entered the door, Dong Zhongshu said openly: "Senior brother, I have always been respected by your Majesty. I don't know if you have any plans or plans.
Tell me your thoughts?"
With that said, Dong Zhongshu raised his eyes and looked at Gongsun Hong, the disciple next to Hu Wusheng.
Otherwise, Dong Zhongshu couldn't be sure.
But one thing can be believed that Gongsun Hong must know some inside stories that are difficult for outsiders to know.
After all, as a lord and captain, he went in and out of the palace, and worked closely with many ministers in Lantai, and even minister Ling Ji An.
If it were a top-secret military and state matter, Gongsun Hong might still be kept a secret.
But Dong Zhongshu knew that Gongsun Hong must have known something about this secret that had actually been made public.
And he lacks this key communication channel.
Hu Wusheng smiled and did not answer.
This kind of thing cannot be said carelessly.
The most annoying guy today who chews his tongue!
Last year, a promising minister in Lantai was sent to Kuaiji County to destroy mountains and temples and fight against local witchcraft just because he boasted about the information he had in front of others.
"Junior brother, please come in..." Hu Wusheng smiled slightly and welcomed Dong Zhongshu into his study.
Immediately, servants brought high-quality tea from the south and brewed it for the guests.
The steaming, fragrant tea fragrance made Dong Zhongshu sniff it and couldn't help but praise: "Senior brother, you are so elegant!"
Today, this way of making tea is very popular among the aristocratic scholar-bureaucrat circles in Chang'an.
It is especially sought after by the nobles and scholar-bureaucrats of the Huanglao School, who think it is the true elegance of a gentleman.
Even Confucians like this way of drinking tea.
but……
This kind of green tea shipped from the south, especially the high-quality green tea, is now very expensive and cannot be afforded by ordinary people.
But Hu Wusheng was different.
His disciple Gongsun Hong, as Lord Commander, was in charge of all matters concerning industrial and commercial taxation in the world, and was responsible for approving the property of merchants.
There are countless businessmen in the world who want to curry favor with him.
Although Gongsun Hong has a good reputation among the public, and even three meals a day are made by his own hands, more than one person has seen the wife of the Lord Commander and his servants in the city.
When shopping for vegetables and rice vinegar, more than one person had witnessed the lord captain mending his own clothes.
Although, this may be for show.
But, at least Dong Zhongshu never heard any rumors about Gong Sunhong using his power for personal gain.
On the contrary, today's tax collector dares to collect taxes from anyone.
Legend has it that he even fought for every cent of the taxes paid by the relatives of the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family.
However, just because Gongsun Hong was able to keep the breeze on his sleeves does not mean that there is no place for businessmen to give gifts and show filial piety.
Grandson and grandson don’t accept money?
It doesn't matter!
Gongsunzi had a teacher, and his teacher had a mountain gate called Jixia Academy in Linzi.
Send your children, nephews, etc. to Jixia Academy and make donations every year.
There is no way this grandson can refuse, right?
After all, everyone’s slogan is ‘respect the elders with beards and provide money and silk to help the beards educate the world’
Not to mention that Gongsun Hong had no way to refuse and stop it, even Hu Wusheng himself was helpless.
Because, running a school in today’s world does not have to be done in the past.
In the past, everyone used bamboo slips to study.
Even if you are poor, as long as you have the perseverance, go to the mountain to cut some bamboo, do it yourself, string it up with a rope, and buy a carving knife, then you can start learning.
It's different now.
Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which one is free?
Hu Wusheng now has three thousand disciples and one hundred and eight sages.
Among them, disciples from poor families account for more than 70%, and at least more than a thousand of them are purely poor. Not to mention pen, ink, paper and inkstone, they can't even afford three meals a day!
What's more, so many people gather together to study.
Just the venue, accommodation, sanitation, and chores cost millions of dollars every year.
This money can't just fall from the sky, right?
Without the support of financial sponsors, no school in the world would be able to develop and grow, let alone compete for the right to speak.
Dong Zhongshu himself ran a school, and he knew the difficulties of running a school.
In order to better promote my own thoughts and the thoughts of the sages I inherited.
Nowadays, among the famous scholars in the world, who wouldn’t bend down for five buckets of rice and accept a lot of them with their noses pinched? In fact, their qualifications are very average, but they are the children of wealthy businessmen who have money in their families and are willing to pay for them as students?
Therefore, not only Hu Wusheng but also Dong Zhongshu actually ignored their conscience, pinched their noses, and accepted many businessmen as disciples, and at the same time accepted large sums of sponsorship.
After all, all schools of thought can hate businessmen, but no one can hate businessmen's money.
Didn’t you see that even the giant Huang Laoxue, Huang Sheng’s Qinghe Academy, began to have shadows of businessmen’s children?
Even the Huang Lao sect, who has always been noble and does not like to get involved in worldly affairs, is like this.
Other schools of thought are simply wallowing in the world, and naturally no one is spared.
Therefore, Dong Zhongshu knew very well that his senior brother who used to be "a humble commoner, a poor man, a man of justice, and good at etiquette" had actually been beaten by the sugar-coated bullets of businessmen and had already given up many of his principles and bottom lines.
Because so does he!
Otherwise, how did the funds for Jixia Academy and Yingchuan Academy come from?
How did their senior fellow apprentices and hundreds of disciples live in the city of Chang'an, living in high-rise buildings, accompanied by carriages and horses, and dressed in fine clothes?
You can’t just rely on the doctoral officer’s salary and the allowances and subsidies from Taixue!
Thinking of this, Dong Zhongshu actually felt bitter in his heart.
If possible, he did not want money from businessmen at all, and he was not willing to accept those children of businessmen with uneven qualifications and varying moral character.
It is said that "a gentleman is like a righteous man and a villain is like a profit".
As a result, in the face of reality, both gentlemen and villains tend to benefit.
Even today, although we don't talk about justice and interests, in fact, most of the time we do things with an eye on interests.
If there is a profit, immediately give up what you talk about and do it immediately. If you want to lose money, think twice.
Dong Zhongshu even heard that what Lantai Shangshu does most every day is to calculate the gains and losses of inputs and outputs.
A good country has gradually become a palace of interests.
However, it looks righteous and awe-inspiring, as if it is extremely sacred.
This really makes Dong Zhongshu a little confused!
Hu Wusheng also raised his eyes and looked at Dong Zhongshu, and both brothers smiled awkwardly.
"Since the second year of Yuande, when His Majesty implemented the doctorate classification system, there have been nearly 400 doctors in the world..." Hu Wusheng picked up the teacup, smelled the aroma, and said slowly: "Among them, eight become four hundred stones, and six are four hundred stones."
Dr. Baishi and Qianshi..."
This matter sounds like it has nothing to do with the current Shiquge meeting.
But Dong Zhongshu knew that on the contrary, the relationship between the two was very close.
Through the doctoral officer grading system, Dang Tianzi has achieved one of his biggest goals and broken the monopoly of authority and academics!
In the past, doctors from the Han family had a noble and respected status and were admired by the world!
But what now?
There is a joke in Chang'an: When you are standing on the street and see a scholar passing by, if you throw a stone at him, nine times out of ten, he must be a doctor.
Although this joke is a bit exaggerated, it is not unreasonable.
Today, by continuously expanding the ranks of Ph.D.s, the title of Ph.D. has become unpopular, directly leading to the collapse of the Ph.D. system that was once recognized as a symbol of authority and academic power.
This further triggered internal disputes among various schools of thought.
In the past, if those small factions or elementary schools dared to chirp, a doctor like Dong Zhongshu or Hu Wusheng would step forward and be able to give them the final say and shut them up!
But now it doesn't work.
Among all the major and minor schools in the world, which one does not have a doctor in charge?
You are a doctor and he is also a doctor.
At most, your level is higher than his.
But if you want to preach or make him bow his head and surrender, just do it?
Nothing is that simple!
It is precisely because of this that Gu Liang, Simeng and Zhongmin were able to rise.
In the past, this was impossible to happen!
Gu Liang, Simeng, Zhongmin, even a green onion, dare to talk about the journey of saints and sages with me, and discuss the dispute between justice and profit?
As far as your thoughts go, get away from me!
But now, people can not only talk about the journey of sages and sages with Dong Zi and Hu Hu, and talk about the major events of the world, but they can also argue with reason and give guidance to the country under the banner of sages.
Some people even rise by trolling and attacking other schools of thought.
For example, the Xunzi School is just like this. It has grown from a small school with only a hundred people at the beginning, and now claims to have two thousand disciples, thirty-six sages, and even surpasses the Gongyang School in the Yanzhao area!
The proliferation of doctoral officers immediately became the key when the Shiquge Conference was about to be held.
Because, it is certain that no one who is not a doctor can even think of occupying a position in Shiqu Pavilion.
Even if you are a doctoral candidate, you will not be able to get in if you don't have connections, connections or a big enough reputation.
This is a no-brainer.
The reason is very simple: Shiquge is a small place.
The main building is the Imperial Archives of the Han Dynasty and the gate office of Taishi Ling.
These two places have always been forbidden areas.
Especially the Taishi Lingmen Office, not to mention hundreds of schools of thought, even the emperor might not be able to get in!
If you go in, you will slap the historian in the face.
You will even put yourself in an embarrassing position like Zhao Dun. Do you want to tamper with the history books? Or do you want to cover up something?
Although Ma Tan of Taishi Company looks gentle and gentle now, everyone knows that once someone wants to force his way into Taishi Ling's office, he will definitely rather die than surrender.
Even if he dies, his successor will definitely leave a note on history without hesitation: someone messed up his history.
Therefore, the actual place that can be used as the venue is the front hall of Shiqu Pavilion and the surrounding square.
It can probably accommodate up to five hundred people at the same time.
Considering the security and the dignity of the emperor and the face of the Han family, it is actually quite good to be able to hold four hundred people inside.
And the emperor and his retinue, as well as the civil and military officials, and the relatives of the princes, must have occupied at least a hundred seats!
Of the three hundred seats left, Mr. Huang and the Mo family will take at least one hundred seats!
This is something you don’t have to think about.
Huang Laoxue is a knowledge highly respected by the two empress dowagers of the East Palace, especially the Empress Dowager. It is said that she has been inviting Huang Sheng and other Huang Laoxue giants to give lectures in the palace in recent years.
As for the Mohist family?
With the emperor's support, you can basically ensure that you have enough seats.
Then there are only 200 seats left.
These two hundred seats, for all the schools of thought in the world today, can only be described as too many monks and too little rice.
Apart from other things, the two sects of Confucianism and Legalism now have nearly 200,000 disciples combined.
There are hundreds of famous people!
Confucianism and Legalism alone are simply not enough for two hundred seats.
Not to mention, now, there are miscellaneous families rising in Anton, descendants of political strategists are establishing schools in Yanzhao, and military strategists' ideas are gradually reviving in the martial arts, and more than one general has turned to the research direction of pure tactical theory.
For example, Gong Gaohou was in charge of Han Daidang, Qu Zhou was in charge of Li Ji, and Yu was in charge of Luan Bu.
These big shots have almost earned enough honors and merits in this life.
Their only hope now is to leave their works and leave their mark on history.
In addition, farmers are also a force that cannot be underestimated.
Don't look at the farmhouse that is so inconspicuous now.
But in fact, their power and influence, along with the expansion of territory and the promotion of new tools and new farming techniques since Yuande, spread throughout counties and counties all over the world.
In today's Han Dynasty, there may be no Confucianism in some places, no Legalism in some places, and there may not even be traces of the Huang-Lao sect in some places.
However, there must be agricultural officials in the local area!
And agricultural officials are the children of farmers!
These people usually hide in the huge bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty, relying on the cover of Mohism, Legalism, Huang-Lao School and even Confucianism, and do their own things silently.
Just like an honest farmer.
But who dares ignore their influence?
Apart from anything else, the current great agricultural minister, Shang Rong, is a proven, pure descendant of the farming family.
Compared with farmhouses, even the Gongyang pie, which is so popular nowadays, is actually not good enough.
Fortunately, farmers have always been independent of the world. Their purpose and thinking is just to promote agricultural technology and harvest more food, so as to make the people rich and the country strong.
Therefore, no matter who comes to power, farmers will cooperate with them.
The peasant family itself actually has no desire to govern.
Their positioning is more to assist those in power to complete the promotion and popularization of relevant policies and technologies.
Not to mention the Huang-Lao School and the Legalists, even if the Confucians came to power, farmers could also be incorporated and cooperated with.
However, except for farmers, other schools of thought are competitors and enemies!
Even some factions who are also Confucians.
For example, Gong Yang’s mortal enemy Gu Liang!
There is also the Xunzi school who trolls people everywhere and claims that he is the orthodox direct descendant of Confucius, while other factions are the Xunzi school that distorts Confucius’ thoughts.
Dong Zhongshu just looked at each other and Hu Wusheng, the two of them did not even speak, they had already reached a consensus that others could ignore it, but the Guliang School and the Xunzi School must be taught a harsh lesson!
Let them know who is the boss in this world and who they should listen to!
Let the world know that Gu Liang and Xunzi are heretics and cannot learn from them! (To be continued.)
