The first thousand five hundred and forty-eighth Confucians
Yan Yi was extremely efficient. In just a few days, he managed to deal with the Confucian doctors involved in the Battle of Chang'an City, get Hu Wusheng, Dong Zhongshu and other giants to endorse him, and also persuaded other factions to jointly endorse and support him.
This is simply amazing!
Since the Shiqu Pavilion meeting in the fifth year of Yuan De, the Confucian schools have been in chaos.
The Guliang faction and the Gongyang faction fight each other on a daily basis, and Chongmin and Simeng play mixed doubles. This is already a daily routine.
Every time there is an examination, a meeting at Shiqu Pavilion, or a doctoral evaluation, it is really wonderful!
What barb wolf, charging wolf, inciting wolf, yin and yang barb wolf...
The bitter plot, the tragic card, the sensational card...
There is nothing you can’t imagine but nothing you can’t see!
What is even more jaw-dropping is that all the above tactics and strategies are used interchangeably within Confucianism in 90% of the cases.
Only in very few special circumstances will it be used by the Legalists or the Huang-Lao School...
You have to understand the difficulties of the various schools of Confucianism. To deal with foreign affairs, you must first settle the domestic affairs.
If the internal heresy is not eliminated and a foreign war is started rashly, even if the war is won, wouldn’t it be an advantage to the Guliang sect/Gongyang sect/Simeng sect who are watching the show nearby?
A smart Confucian scholar will definitely not be fooled by this.
Everyone is holding back their energy and vowing not to give up until the heretical enemies are eliminated!
The only thing that the various schools of Confucianism have in common now is that they generally maintain a gentlemanly demeanor during the struggle.
The food appearance is also relatively elegant.
It has not yet reached the stage of party struggle in later generations, where the competitors must be completely eliminated from spirit to body.
The giants of various schools of thought still have the idea of persuading/educating those poor people who have gone astray.
They all felt that the other party could still be saved.
At least that's the attitude at the top.
Therefore, when Yan Yi started lobbying, the various factions reluctantly put aside their differences and reached a consensus for the sake of Confucius's sake and for the sake of the same ideas and ideals.
However, privately, everyone had disputes and disagreements about how to 'civilize' the various tribes in the southern part of the country.
For example, the Gongyang School believes that the various tribes in Munan should be screened separately.
They have to be graded and treated differently according to the degree of Chineseness/pro-Han and intelligence. The reason is that the "Spring and Autumn" clearly states the succession of three generations.
They are the so-called ‘era of chaos’, ‘era of peace’ and ‘era of peace’.
The Gongyang School believes that although the Han Empire today has passed through the Troubled Times, it is at the end of the Shengping Period and the budding period of the Taiping Period.
But after all, we haven’t reached the peaceful age yet.
Therefore, we cannot ‘advance to the rank of nobility’ when it comes to barbarians and Di, nor can we ‘treat the world as one, whether large or small, far or near’ in terms of international relations. We still need to treat them differently!
We still have to follow Confucius's subtle words and great principles, strictly control the barbarians and educate them carefully.
So that they can become kings and know Chinese etiquette, follow the etiquette and abide by the law, and reach the level of Zhu Xia.
After all, this is still a world of Xia within and barbarians outside.
The Guliang faction said: The conscience of your Gongyang faction has been greatly damaged!
How can you be so cruel?
The Huns have all knelt down, but you are still so murderous and wary!
Are you still a gentleman?
Still human?
Is he still the descendant of Confucius and Zixia?
Scholars in Guliang all said that the boards of Confucius’ coffin could no longer hold it down!
Mr. Zixia cried bitterly in the tomb!
Unfilial descendants!
The people-centered school looked on with indifference and looked on with indifference.
They only care about how many cheap laborers can come back from Makunan this time, and how much goods they can buy from the various departments in Makunan.
As for the debate between Gu Liang and the Gongyang faction, the people-centered school said: These two idiots! Worrying about the life and death of the Yi and Di people is so boring!
The Simeng school also has a similar attitude, but its stance is closer to Gu Liang.
After all, the Simeng School and the Guliang School have similar positions on certain matters.
Liu Che watched all this with an inexplicable sense of immediacy.
He even thought of the princes in Bianliang City who were busy fighting with each other on the eve of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Disaster is imminent, and the Confucian scholars will be beaten to death.
Such chaos nowadays can only be said to be normal.
It can even be said to be quite peaceful.
At the very least, they only paid lip service, and did not attack the opponent personally or even slander their opponent's ancestors.
After scratching his head, Liu Che asked the Xiu Yiwei official on the side: "How many Confucian scholars have signed up now?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, in addition to the thirty-five people who volunteered last time, there are currently only about forty more people..."
Okay...
The cannon fire in Chang'an City was so loud that Liu Che thought Dong Zhongshu, Hu Wusheng and others were about to jump to the sky.
result……
I just fooled so many people...
Is it because Hu Wusheng and others have too low qualifications and poor appeal?
Or are these guys just putting on a show for him, the emperor? They are doing their job but not putting forth their efforts?
Liu Che didn't know.
Damn it!
Liu Che cursed in his heart, stood up, looked at the embroidered guard official, and asked him: "Continue to observe me... Increase the power of the detective, and activate the secret room if necessary!"
Over the years, as the reputation of Xiuyiwei has gradually increased, the bureaucrats, nobles and celebrities who have suffered losses have learned the lesson.
Now, no one dares to openly discuss how to rebel.
There are no fools to openly publicize their dissatisfaction with state affairs in public.
Everyone has learned how to operate in the dark and negotiate in the dark room.
However, as the Taoism is as high as the magic, Xiuyiwei had already planted hidden secrets around many sensitive figures, important ministers and nobles a few years ago.
These secret agents are usually respectful and follow the rules, and some have even become the confidants and even sons-in-law of surveillance targets.
Under normal circumstances, they would not pass on any information or have any contact with Xiuyiwei.
Unless awakened.
Otherwise, they are Taishan's good sons-in-law, teachers' good students and Shangguan's loyal minions.
Once awakened, they will immediately pass all the information they have detected in the past back to the Xiuyi Guards.
For those targets being monitored, such a secret room is impossible to guard against.
Of course, not everyone is qualified to be equipped with a secret room.
Only important people and sensitive people can enjoy the considerate 'protection' treatment of this kind of embroidered clothes guard.
Now Liu Che has issued an order allowing some secret rooms to be temporarily awakened.
This made the Xiuyiwei official very frightened and even smelled a hint of danger.
According to past experience, once the secret room is awakened, major cases may occur. After all, these people have a lot of dark and dirty things in their hands that are unknown to some noble figures.
Once it is revealed, it is enough to make a gentleman's image collapse.
Therefore, this official had to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, if there is something else, will you initiate an investigation?"
Liu Che heard this, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "If it is not necessary, do not wake up the secret room, and do not investigate easily... unless you have my approval..."
How can a literati not have any bad habits or scandals?
No matter ancient or modern, among those great writers and scholars who look well-dressed and elegant, which one is really as upright and upright as their words?
Anyway, there are always many jokes circulating in unofficial histories and stories.
As for authenticity?
It can only be said that the hole may not be windless.
Let alone future generations, Confucius himself was not a perfect person.
Therefore, Liu Che still has a high tolerance for literati.
As long as they quietly do their own research and don't jump out to play against him casually, Liu Che can turn a blind eye and happily let these guys entertain themselves.
After all, if you are an enemy of scholars, let alone victory or defeat, the consequences and costs are often too heavy to accept!
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In the following days, this appeal and initiative originating from Chang'an began to spread to the Kanto region.
The reaction of the Confucian scholars in Luoyang was similar to that of Chang'an.
The rhetoric is loud and the debates in private are vigorous, but when it comes to actual actions, there are only a few people...
After all, Luoyang people are not stupid.
How cold it is outside the Great Wall!
Moreover, the conditions are difficult, the environment is bad, and the food and sleep are not good.
Gentlemen don’t have this determination and perseverance!
Besides, Zengzi said that his parents are not traveling far away.
In order to be filial to their parents and honor their children, everyone can only temporarily put aside justice.
Well, when conditions are ripe in the future, everyone will definitely follow the righteousness in their hearts, go to Munan, and practice the morality of the sages!
As for now, please go ahead!
Dead Taoist friend, immortal poor Taoist!
The same is probably true for the Confucian scholars in Suiyang.
There is no way, the petty bourgeoisie all have this problem.
On the other hand, the response from the Qilu area was enthusiastic.
Especially the scholars of Lu Ru, as if they had met a drunken beauty hanging out in a nightclub, they immediately jumped up impatiently and responded to Yan Yi's call.
In just ten days, the number of Confucian scholars from the State of Lu who signed up to go to Munan to ‘educate the barbarians’ exceeded 400!
This number can be said to be extremely huge, even beyond imagination.
Because the total number of Lu Ru today may not be more than a thousand.
Four hundred people signed up at once, equivalent to half of Lu Ru, and collectively participated in this great cause.
This is related to Lu Ru's own predicament and to their claims.
Although the people of Lu and Confucianism are pedantic, conservative, stubborn and too entangled with themselves.
However, it is not all shortcomings.
At least, when it comes to educating the Yi Di, their enthusiasm is genuine.
Not to mention, they were actually having a difficult time in Lu.
The landlord class that once supported and supported them has completely disappeared.
Over the past hundred years, all the relationships and protective umbrellas run by Lu Ru have been uprooted.
King Liu Duan of Lu's attitude towards Lu Ru was even more outrageous!
He actually dug a hole to bury Lu Ru!
At least a dozen Lu Ru elites were sent to prison by Liu Duan!
Liu Duan has even become obsessed with teasing and teasing Lu Ru. Just recently, King Lu was very happy when he got a son. He was addicted to the joy of being a father and had no time to train and teach Lu Ru. Otherwise, Lu Ru would
The situation may be even worse!
The remaining elites of Lu Ru already know that the land of Lu is no longer a place to stay for a long time.
They must move, find a new nest, and find a new territory, so that Lu Ru can make a comeback.
If you stay in the Kingdom of Lu any longer, until King Lu comes to his senses, everyone will have to wait for death!
As for Munan, although the conditions are a little worse, it is still a vast place.
Moreover, with a population of several million, as long as it is carefully managed and well maintained, it may become a place of domination again in the future, and it may become the Guanzhong of Lu and Ru!
Therefore, after Lu Ru heard about this, he immediately responded to the call and poured out all his and his last knowledge. The elites came out and pointed their swords at Mu Nan. They wanted to imitate the story of the Za family who traveled east to Andong and established the Pyongyang Academy.
Build Makunan into your own base.
But, it is a pity that the Chu Poetry School also fell in love with Mu Nan.
Under the call of Shen Gong, the respected spiritual leader of Chu Poetry School, scholars of Chu Poetry School gathered together again.
Just like in the previous decades, scholars of the Chu School of Poetry, one after another, went to Mitsukoshi and the Southwest Yi region to develop and operate.
For their destiny and mission, the Chu Shi Sect once again gathered together with great determination and prepared to go to Munan to start their journey of enlightenment.
In just half a month, scholars from the Chu Poetry School encouraged more than 300 people to sign up.
Among these people, there are young students, middle-aged private school teachers full of stories, and even old officials who have gone through many vicissitudes of life.
Compared with Lu Ru who had an impure purpose, the scholars of the Chu School of Poetry had no idea of turning Munan into their own territory.
In a sense, scholars of the Chu Poetry School, under the influence of Shen Gong, were actually the most active preachers within Confucianism.
They eagerly want to spread Confucian thought and Zhuxia civilization to every corner of the world, so that everyone can know their ideals and pursuits.
They are just like the Buddhists who came to China from India in later generations. With just one belief, they can travel thousands of miles to foreign lands.
