The first thousand two hundred and twenty-eighth chapters are the lackeys of power
With the sound of a bell from Shiqu Pavilion, the stage of enlightenment begins according to the established agenda.
The rules have already been made clear and everyone is familiar with them.
"I'm afraid there will be something good to watch today!" The princes smiled with relaxed expressions.
The scholar-bureaucrats, on the other hand, looked grim.
In the final stage yesterday, the Mo family suddenly exerted force, which still shocked them to this day.
Even the Mo family was cleared.
Then who else can’t be cleansed?
What's even more terrible is that after Shiqu Pavilion, the Mohist family will probably have to clear the way to become an official in the world, or even serve as a court minister or nine ministers!
They will leave Qishan Plain and go to the world!
However, Shiquge changed more than just one Mohist.
The Huang-Lao School began to take a positive turn. Tian Sheng's success marked the return of Shen Dao's thinking. A more active, more accomplished and more dynamic Huang-Lao School seemed to be waving in front.
The turmoil among various factions within Confucianism also proves that the entire ideological and academic world is undergoing profound changes.
Even the Xunzi school can talk about using things to control weapons in front of the emperor and the princes!
The Gongyang faction turned to the more fanatical idea of dividing Yi and Xia.
As for the Legalists, they all play with the craftsman hierarchy.
Compared with these, for bureaucrats, the impact of Mohist whitewashing is just the same thing.
How many people are there in the Mo family now?
Counting the entire Mo Yuan, including the basic officials of the Moh Society and the bureaucrats who tended to and sympathized with the Mohists.
There are only a few hundred people in this school at most!
The influence is limited to Qishanyuan and Moyuan. If it is exhausted, it can slightly influence the policies of Guanzhong.
But it is far from being able to influence the world.
If the Mohists want to make a difference in the world, conservative estimates will require at least ten or even twenty years of practice.
Otherwise, everything is empty talk.
Bureaucrats, on the other hand, are all the kind of people who say, "I won't care about the flood after I die," let alone ten years! With the current policy, in five years, they won't even know whether they will still be officials. In this case,
The Mo family's affairs are simply insignificant.
This responsibility can be left to those who come after us!
Nowadays, the changes in Confucianism, Legalism and Huang Lao are what really trouble these bureaucrats and scholar-officials.
Since ancient times, China's academic and ideological circles have been inseparable from politics.
Thought and scholarship are a mirror of politics.
What kind of thought, academic and public opinion determines what kind of country China will be.
For example, in the Song and Ming dynasties, culture was valued over martial arts, a good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not hammer nails.
As a result, he was abused by foreigners in various ways.
Even a general like Yue Fei could kill at will without any scruples.
But in the Han and Tang Dynasties, this was not the case.
A good man, a great man, but he has made great achievements on horseback.
The best talents, the most outstanding elites, and the most social resources are all in the military.
Therefore, famous generals emerge in large numbers, and the country becomes rich and the people strong.
One Han acting as five barbarians is not a myth, but a reality!
But now, the overall general direction of the ideological and academic circles is turning in a more positive direction.
This will inevitably affect the political arena.
And this makes many old and corrupt bureaucrats and gangsters extremely embarrassed.
Academic circles and ideological circles no longer focus all their attention on the three generations and Cheng Zhou, but instead begin to actively discuss current politics and society.
What should they do?
Many people feel that their black gauze hat is on the verge of collapse.
There is no way, ideas and academics will inevitably interfere with politics and affect official circles.
This tradition will remain the same not just now, but even in two thousand years.
However, in addition to these people, there are other people in the bureaucracy, mainly young people, who are gearing up and preparing to do something big.
Many people were even excited.
Because when the atmosphere in politics and officialdom becomes more positive, people like them who do things directly and make achievements will naturally get more promotion opportunities and more resources.
Rather than the same as in the past.
You can only survive through qualifications, bit by bit, year after year.
The polarization between bureaucrats and scholar-officials is so clear.
Nothing like this has ever happened in the past.
Young people and those who are still ambitious are eager to try and look excited, while those old officials and gangsters all look dejected.
However, everyone knows that a new era has arrived, and whether they are willing or not, they must accept this reality.
Because the power is not in their hands.
Rather, it was in the hands of the emperor, military nobles and relatives.
They are just tools to serve the former.
If it breaks or becomes inoperable, it can be replaced at any time.
Outside, there are tens of thousands of people queuing up who want to be used as tools.
Amid the wails or excitement of the bureaucrats and scholar-officials, the Shiquge Meeting finally entered its second stage.
Just like yesterday, the one taking the lead was still the Huang Lao faction.
Moreover, it is still Tian Sheng, who is now a doctor of the Tao Te Ching with two thousand stones.
Tian Sheng slowly walked up to the stage, first paid homage to Liu Che, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and then bowed respectfully to the audience and said: "I, Tian, have little talent and little knowledge. I would like to ask all the celebrities and wise men to correct me..."
However, there was silence under the stage.
Almost no one dared to stand up and challenge him.
The reason is simple. Now the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, as well as Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo, have all sided with Tian Sheng, supporting and encouraging his reforms and ideas.
Who the hell dares to stand up and oppose or even question Tian Sheng?
Aren't you afraid of being put in small shoes?
You know, in the Han Dynasty, many times, if you offend the emperor, you may still survive, but if you offend the empress dowager and empress dowager, you will definitely die!
When it comes to ruthlessness and cruel methods, Changle Palace is even better!
I remember that back then, Empress Lu made Mrs. Qi into a human pig, forcing the princes and kings to death one by one, and even deposed the emperor and secretly killed her.
But it taught a profound lesson to people all over the world.
Although, after Empress Lu, the possibility of the East Palace intervening in politics is extremely slim.
Without the support of the nobles and ministers, the East Palace can only influence the Weiyang Palace through identity, status and emotions.
Even so, the power of the East Palace is scary enough!
Apart from other things, Yuan Gusheng’s fate is still there!
You must know that Yuan Gusheng was a Confucian giant with great influence and very high academic achievements.
However, he couldn't even enter Shiqu Pavilion, so he could only go home in despair!
Under such circumstances, naturally no one would be impatient or itchy, and would dare to pick on Tian Sheng in an open and honest manner!
Facts have proven that not only bureaucrats are paper tigers, but in fact, scholars or top academics are even more paper tigers.
Even paper tigers are not even considered, they are just lackeys of power! (To be continued.)
