In the Changle Palace, the lights were brightly lit and singing and dancing were melodious.
Sitting next to Queen Mother Dou and Queen Mother Bo, Liu Che watched this carefully rehearsed song and dance with a slight smile.
Since ancient times, a strong country will inevitably bring about a flourishing culture.
This is common to both East and West.
Because only a powerful empire can breed a large number of outstanding intellectuals and provide them with a stable and abundant creative space.
Today, it is the same.
Although Liu Che doesn't like frivolous articles and exaggerated rhetoric.
However, the Han Empire still inevitably entered the most prosperous cultural feast since the Warring States Period.
Not only the academic world is prosperous, but the cultural world is also prosperous.
Sima Xiangru, Mei Cheng and his son, Zhuang Ji and his son, and other literati who have already proven themselves to be prominent in the world in history.
There are also great literary giants such as Zhu Rong of Luoyang, Li Qing of Suiyang, Wang Huan of Henan and others who Liu Che had never heard of in his previous life.
In particular, Zhu Rong of Luoyang, besides poetry, especially loved composing music and Chi You opera.
The music he composed is magnificent and majestic.
The Chiyou operas he created are mostly famous for showing scenes of army expeditions, battles and victories, and are widely loved by the army.
As for Li Qing, he is a famous romantic figure who is good at writing poems about love between men and women.
Wang Huan is composed of court poems, music and dance.
This is inseparable from his job.
Wang Huan's father and grandfather both served as palace attendants.
He himself is the Huangmen Minister of Changle Palace.
Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo were particularly fond of this talented young man, and entrusted him with all the singing and dancing, musicians, arrangement, and choreography of Changle Palace.
Wang Huan did not live up to this trust. Over the past few years, he created many stunning court poems, music and dances.
Among them, the most famous one is "House of Flying Daggers".
Chimes, harps, piccolos and flutes were used together to create a musical feast. With the singing and dancing, it almost made people feel that they had traveled through time and space and arrived at the Haixia battlefield, witnessing the desperate situation of Xiang Yu's army under the siege of the Han army.
Come to an end.
Once launched, it became very popular and was praised by ministers, princes and relatives of scholar-bureaucrats.
It is said that Wang Huan is already a master of music, a unique tuner in the world.
It's almost touted as a national treasure.
Liu Che had also watched that song and dance performance several times, and he could honestly say that Wang Huan was extremely talented and was indeed a rare master of music and rhythm.
But the problem is...
Like all literati, when Wang Huan wrote "Ambush from Flying Daggers", he was sitting on Xiang Yu's side.
Especially at the end of the chapter, the plaintive music and miserable performance made onlookers full of sympathy for Xiang Yu and full of emotion for his life and death with Yu Ji.
so……
Liu Che's attitude towards this person is obvious.
To be fair, not killing him and banning all his achievements would have given me a lot of face.
If you want Liu Che to have any favorable impression and praise for him, that's just a dream.
Now, the song and dance in front of Liu Che is naturally also Wang Huan's masterpiece.
It's called: "Guangye's Lost Dream".
Do you know what it’s about just from the name?
Guangye, Guangye Jun Li Shiqi, is the protagonist of the most famous joke in the world today, "Gaoyang Wine, Disciple".
However, Wang Huan reprocessed Li Shiqi.
That is the most common trick used by literati - Spring and Autumn brushwork.
In this song and dance he composed, Li Shiqi went to see Emperor Gao in Confucian attire and presented world affairs. Some of Emperor Gao's words were deliberately tampered with and modified.
Especially in the end, the lyrics about Li Shiqi's death in Qi made Liu Che want to chop off this scumbag's head.
This line goes like this: A drunkard in Gaoyang is drafting, and he bows to Duke Long Zhun of Shandong. When he enters the country, he is not worshiped by Cheng, who is eloquent. The two women quit bathing to follow the trend. He marches eastward to Qi City for seventy-two, commanding Chu and Han like a whirling cape...
Coupled with the previous stories and lyrics, Li Shiqi was transformed into a Confucian scholar. He became a representative of Confucianism and a Confucian contributor to the country. Confucianism is good evidence.
But the question is - when did Li Shiqi say that he was a Confucian scholar?
Even if Li Shiqi was a Confucian scholar, what he used was not Confucianism. It was obviously the long and short political skills of political strategists.
This Wang Huan was so shameless that he kept pulling and marrying each other, trying to wash away the disgraceful role played by Confucianism in the Chu-Han conflict.
If it weren't for Liu Che's good temper, Kang Mazi or Old Shiquan, Wang Huan's whole family would have been beheaded!
But even so, Liu Che would not sit back and let this guy distort anything.
So, when the song and dance finished and after hearing the last lyrics, Liu Che smiled, clapped his hands, and said to Queen Mother Dou and Queen Mother Bo: "Good! The music is well composed, and the story is also good!"
Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Bo were women after all, and did not know the twists and turns in these lyrics. They only knew that they sounded good and looked good, and they liked Liu Che when they saw them. So Empress Dowager Bo said: "As long as the emperor likes it! This music and dance is
It was written by Wang Huan, the minister of Huangmen of Changle Palace! Since the emperor likes it, why not reward the minister of Wang with something..."
Liu Che heard this and said with a smile: "Of course I want to reward you!"
"Is Mr. Wang here?" Liu Che asked with a smile.
Immediately, a middle-aged civil servant came out to pay homage happily: "My lord, Wang Huan, the assistant minister of Huangmen, pays homage to your majesty..."
"Wang Aiqing, you are indeed a talented person. The music, songs, dances and lyrics are all well composed..." Liu Che looked at this man for a few times and found that he was born well. At least in the eyes of the Han people, he was the kind of stalwart man.
He is over seven feet five inches tall, has a strong build, has a gentle face, and has a very decent beard.
For the Han people, such a man is the ideal handsome man.
As for such creatures as little fresh meat, only those ladies who are bored will like them.
"I will give you ten pieces of cloth and one hundred gold and five baht..." Liu Che smiled slightly.
When Wang Huan heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "I am so lucky to have been treated so favorably by Your Majesty that I am honored by the heaven and the earth. I can't take the blame even if I die! May the dogs and horses fill up the ravines, and my remaining wishes will be enough!"
This is a normal attitude for mid-level and low-level officials after receiving a reward from the emperor. Liu Che just smiled after hearing this, and then said: "However, when I listened to Aiqing's song and dance today, I always felt that the final lyrics were a little lacking... It would be better for me to give Aiqing
Fill?"
When Wang Huan heard this, although he was confused, he still kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give me this!"
Liu Che said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, Han Xin was disobedient, and a hundred thousand troops marched down to Licheng. The King of Qi was so furious that he caught the drunkard and cooked it in a cauldron..."
Suddenly the whole place was silent and no one spoke.
Wang Huan was even more embarrassed.
After Liu Che continued this, the image of Li Shiqi as a Confucian scholar and the Confucian scholars strategizing and winning thousands of miles away that Wang Huan had worked so hard to create collapsed in an instant.
Don’t you say that you Confucian scholars are so awesome? You are worried about the world and working on the military and the country.
He also has a territory thousands of miles away in his heart, and controls the rise and fall of the world in his hands.
However, one Han Xin made all this effort and dedication come to nothing.
Directly bursting all the bubbles and bubbles.
"Your Majesty..." Wang Huan sweated like rain, kowtowed repeatedly, and said: "Death penalty! Death penalty!"
At this time, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that his little actions and the motives hidden in his poems, songs, music and dances were noticed by the emperor, and the emperor disliked such behavior very much.
Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, dear, and don't panic!"
"My Han family does not have literary prisons, nor does it engage in killings for words... As for me, I am not the kind of person who can't tolerate others... It's just that in the future, Aiqing's creations, it's best to respect history..."
"Mr. Hirono, he is obviously a great strategist, why did he become a Confucian scholar? You can't just wear a Confucian crown and become a Confucian scholar, right? Ai Qing, you must know that Qu Zhouhou and Wu Sui Hou are still there! Ai Qing is like this
By distorting and tampering with the deeds and origins of their ancestors, aren't we afraid of the wrath of Qu Zhouhou and Wu Suihou?"
In fact, Li Ji, the Hou of Quzhou, and Li Luo, the Hou of Wu Sui, would not care about Wang Huan's affairs.
For them, it was fine as long as Wang Huan did not vilify or worsen the image of their ancestors.
Who cares, is Li Shiqi a Confucian scholar or a political strategist?
But after Liu Che was so sure, Li Ji and Li Luo would definitely interfere in this matter even if they were blind men.
How dare you fucking tamper with the birth and experiences of my ancestors? I can’t kill you or me!
Wang Huan was also terrified.
In fact, what literati fear most is never the emperor.
Because the emperor would punish them at most, but he would not die because of it. He might even be able to cheat the imperial staff once and become famous!
But the nobles and princes are different.
Especially nowadays, revanchism is rampant, and many officials and princes believe in the motto that "it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge even if it lasts a hundred thousand years."
Originally, there was no risk for Wang Huan to play like this. Qu Zhouhou and Wu Suihou were full before they interfered with him, the person who made their ancestors famous and publicized.
But the problem is, now that the emperor has decided, things will be different.
In order to show the emperor that they would always follow the Holy Emperor, Qu Zhouhou and Wu Suihou would definitely fight against each other.
Their nephew is even more outraged and wants to kill him, the thief who slandered and tampered with the deeds of his ancestors!
Therefore, Wang Huan is already trembling with fear now.
He kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I respectfully follow the holy orders..."
But deep down inside I was already extremely frightened and uneasy.
In this world, the princes, especially those with the title of special senator, were extremely powerful.
Li Ji, the Marquis of Quzhou, also served as the Wuyuan Wine Festival and was one of the three permanent lecturers in Wuyuan.
Over the past few years, he has trained and educated hundreds of mid-level and senior officers. He has become famous all over the world, and countless officers have taken him as their teacher. They believe that Li Ji has "the grace of preaching and teaching" to them.
Anyone who wants to provoke this old general will surely die miserably!
Liu Che would naturally not let such a situation happen.
If Confucians, or the scholars and officials who sympathize with Confucianism, want to cause trouble, that is their problem. Just point it out and let the world know about it.
Moreover, Liu Cheshen believed that these scum couldn't accomplish anything.
At least, as long as he is in office, they can't fool anyone.
As for the heirs, as long as they are well educated, they will probably not be fooled by them.
However, if you use literal inquisition and retaliation, the impact will be too bad, and it will create a terrible head and release a terrible monster.
Whoever created the figurines has no descendants?
Today, Liu Che can retaliate against Confucianism or Wang Huan's arrangements and stories because he doesn't like him.
Tomorrow, those in power can dislike Legalism or Mohism and destroy them.
The day after tomorrow, the destroyed Legalists and Mohists will resist and start fierce battles surrounded by their supporters.
When parties fight together, there will never be peace.
What’s even more troublesome is that history has proven that party struggles in China cannot eliminate the object they want to eliminate, whether through physical destruction or mental destruction.
At least, it won't be possible in the short term.
The Eastern Han Dynasty played with the Party's imprisonment, and after decades of imprisonment, the object of the Party's imprisonment not only did not perish, but became stronger.
The old and new parties in the Northern Song Dynasty fought to the end and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. However, the new party and the old party continued to cross the river to Lin'an to continue the party struggle.
The Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party, and Lu Party of the Ming Dynasty fought against each other for ten thousand years, but they could not eliminate each other.
In addition, anyway, now, under the dual constraints of Legalism and Mohism, Confucianism is unlikely to become powerful.
Therefore, Liu Che is willing to be open-minded about many things online and be an enlightened king.
"Aiqing, there is no need to panic and be afraid..." Liu Che smiled slightly and reassured: "I will explain it to Qu Zhouhou and Wu Suihou. However, in the future creation of Aiqing, you should seek truth from facts and don't listen to rumors.
It’s just rain, let alone distort history at will!”
"I suggest that in the future, if you love me, you should communicate more with Taishi Ling and Shangshu Ling..."
Liu Che's attitude towards literati and officials has always been that he needs to be wary and united.
Be careful because there are a lot of idiots among these guys, or people pretending to be idiots.
Once rulers are fooled by them, they will encounter failure one after another.
Governing a country by literati will always bring disaster.
The best talents to govern the country still have to be selected from the army or engineers.
However, the power of literati can never be underestimated.
Their influence on society and the country is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine.
If they are used well, many things can be accomplished.
Just like now, don't the giants of various schools of thought have achieved great success in education?
But if one uses it poorly, or the relationship with them deteriorates to the extreme.
Well, no matter who becomes the emperor, he must be careful.
Even when the emperor is alive, he can suppress them.
But once the emperor dies, he will inevitably be counterattacked, and they may even wipe out and discredit all the emperor's merits and achievements.
The typical representative is Qin Shihuang.
How many years had Qin Shihuang died? His reputation was already so bad that he almost caught up with Jie and Zhou.
This is the power of literati!
Although they are not enough to make things happen, they are more than enough to ruin things.
Therefore, how to deal with literati has always been a compulsory course and a necessary skill for the emperor.
How could Wang Huan know this? He was soaked all over now, as if he had walked through the gates of hell.
Deep down in his heart, he could not help but feel fear, fear and fear towards Liu Che.
