Chapter two hundred and sixty-fifth the rise and fall of a hundred schools of thought
After hearing Liu Che's words, Zhao Shao's body kept trembling because of fear.
She knelt down fiercely and said: "Reporting to my family, the reason why the civilian woman does not remarry is because the child is young. If the civilian woman remarries, the child and the late husband's younger sister may not survive..."
She began to sob as she spoke. In this era, after a widow remarries, she rarely brings the children of her previous family with her, let alone a completely unrelated sister of another person.
So basically, widows who remarry rarely have contact with their previous families.
Xu was talking about sad things, and next to her, a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old also started crying.
Come to think of it, this little girl is her late husband's younger sister.
Liu Che felt quite pitiful after hearing this.
"Secondly, the civilian woman's deceased husband was ordered by the civilian woman's late grandfather, and she is determined to fulfill the late grandfather's legacy..." Zhao Shao lowered his head and kowtowed: "Although the deceased husband is dead, his ambition is still there. The civilian woman feels that no matter what,
No matter how hard it is, I have to pull this child into an adult and teach him to read and write so that he can inherit the last wishes of his deceased husband and grandfather when he grows up!"
After hearing this, Liu Che felt that his IQ was not enough.
Didn’t this Zhao Shao elope?
Why are you related to Shaoping again?
So he asked: "What's going on?"
Zhao Shao didn't dare to hide it, so she told everything in detail. Maybe it was because she had kept these things in her heart for too long or because of the power of the prince, so she spoke in great detail.
After listening to Zhao Shao's story.
Liu Che finally understood the whole story.
It turned out that Dongling Hou Shaoping was Xu Xing's fifth generation disciple.
At that time, after Shaoping was dismissed from office, he became disheartened and lived in seclusion outside Dongling Gate. After his official career failed, Shaoping felt that from the Qin to the Han Dynasty, the farm family declined and made no further achievements. It once occupied an important position in the political system of the Qin State.
The farmhouse was reduced to a situation where there was no official in the Manchu Dynasty with more than a thousand stone.
Therefore, Shaoping decided to compile a book to guide agricultural production and development by integrating all the works of farmers and miscellaneous families, combined with reality and the development of agricultural technology since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, so as to recreate the grand scene of the farmers' heyday.
But writing a book is difficult at this time.
But what Shaoping wanted to write was a relatively unpopular peasant work.
It took Shaoping ten years to collect a complete set of materials, such as "Shen Nong", "Ye Lao", "Zai Shi", etc., and also referred to books such as "Guan Zi" and "Lu Shi Chun Qiu".
But Shaoping only made a start and wrote a rough framework, and his life was not long gone.
Therefore, the important task of continuing the writing was handed over to Shaoping's favorite disciple, Zhao Yuan from Changling. As for why this task was not handed over to the Shao family, according to Zhao Shao, Shao Ping believed that he
The future generations are content with the status quo and are unwilling and impossible to endure this hardship and spend their whole lives writing books.
In order to encourage and motivate Zhao Yuan to write books with great concentration, Shaoping even married his granddaughter to Zhao Yuan.
Unfortunately, as soon as Shaoping died and his bones were still cold, the Shao family broke all the conditions agreed by Shaoping, and even wanted to drive Zhao Yuan out of the mansion. They also refused to recognize the marriage between Zhao Yuan and Zhao Shao, and ordered Zhao Shao and Zhao Yuan to divorce.
Well, the Han Dynasty can divorce, and the woman can initiate the divorce.
The famous inspirational man Zhu Maichen is a tragic example who was divorced by his original wife.
Fortunately, Zhao Shao refused to comply and even sneaked out of Shao Mansion with Zhao Yuan at night.
But as a result, many materials collected and prepared by Shao Ping during his lifetime, especially the precious books such as "Shen Nong" and "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", were too much to take away. In a hurry, the couple had time to take Shao away. Ping's own handwriting and many original manuscripts on agricultural technology in Guanzhong that he collected and compiled.
After the young couple eloped, they did not remain anonymous but returned to Zhao Yuan's hometown. Relying on the few hectares of land passed down by Zhao Yuan's parents, they lived a life of men writing books and women farming and weaving.
However, life soon taught this couple who longed for future happiness a lesson in reality.
If you want to write a book, especially a book about real-life farmers, you will definitely not be able to write it while staying at home.
Many data and examples have to be verified personally. This requires traveling and inspecting everywhere, as well as asking for advice from experienced farmers in various places.
In addition, I have to buy various books from farmers all over again.
These require massive funds to support.
As a result, in just a few years, the Zhao family, which was originally relatively well-off, had all its land and houses sold off...
To make matters worse, Zhao Yuan contracted various illnesses because he traveled around all year round, and finally died of a serious illness a year ago.
And this Zhao Shao is also a woman with backbone.
After her husband's death, she vowed not only to raise and take good care of her husband's younger sister and son, but also to let her son continue to inherit the unfinished ideals of Shaoping and Zhao Yuan when they grow up.
After listening to Zhao Shaoshi's story, Liu Che touched the moist corners of his eyes and said: "With people like Dongling Marquis and Zhao Yuan in the farm family, the farm family will never die!"
However, Liu Che knew that he himself could not believe what he said.
Two thousand years later, all the peasant works were lost, not even fragments or fragments.
Later generations can only get a glimpse of the thoughts and characters of this school that was at its peak at that time, almost on a par with Confucianism and Legalism, from classics such as "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", "Guan Zi", and "Mencius".
You have to know that even though Qin Shihuang ordered the death of farmers, Qin Shihuang specifically pardoned their works and emphasized that they should be protected rather than burned.
Although the war in the late Qin Dynasty hit farmers, the actual impact was not as serious as that of other schools of thought.
Up to now, Liu Che can still find complete versions of peasant works such as "Shen Nong", "Zai Shi", "Zhao Shi", and "Ye Lao" in the archives of Shiqu Pavilion.
All the farm books combined could fill two bookshelves.
Among hundreds of schools of thought, there are not many schools of thought that have been preserved so completely.
But unfortunately, two thousand years later, not a single word of the peasant writings completely preserved in Shiqu Pavilion can be seen.
Why?
It was just retaliation after Confucianism came to power.
Farmers are a branch that split off from Mohist thought.
Originally, the contradiction between Confucianism and Mohism was greater than the conflict between Confucianism and Mohism.
It happened that during the period of Mencius, Xu Xing, the founder of the farm, had a fierce conflict with Mencius. The two attacked each other, and their words were so fierce that they almost pointed at each other's noses and called them idiots.
This is easy to understand.
Farmers, according to Liu Che's understanding, the idea of this school is to "be obedient to the people, loyal to the people, and loving the people."
As the saying goes, "Government thrives because it obeys the people's will; politics fails because it goes against the people's will."
By the time of Xu Xing, farmers were flourishing, and they put forward the idea that "...the sage cultivates and eats with the people, and eats and governs." This means that everyone must work equally and obtain food through labor rather than exploitation.
Ahem, damn it if the ruler can accept it!
However, the social atmosphere and the situation in various countries at that time produced a large number of scholars and literati with petty bourgeoisie ideas.
These people highly praised Xu Xing's thoughts and speeches, and even many people within Confucianism were moved by Xu Xing's words, deeds, and moral character. They changed schools one after another and worshiped Xu Xing as their disciple.
For Mencius, the leader of Confucianism at that time, this was undoubtedly a declaration of war, so the two finally collided and the famous debate took place.
After the deaths of Xu Xing and Mencius, their respective schools took completely different paths.
Farmers moved westward to the Qin State, took root in the Qin State, and were highly praised by the rulers of the Qin State, and prospered. The Shang Lord's farming and war policy, the farming part was controlled by the later farmers.
Mencius's Jixia School continued to stay in Qi.
There was no further conflict between the two.
until now.
However, after Xiaozhu abandoned Confucianism and worshiped Confucianism, the day of reckoning came.
Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nongjia as a school and a trend of thought has completely disappeared.
So that two thousand years later, if you want to understand the peasant family, you can only get a glimpse of the peasant family's thoughts and opinions through Lu Buwei's "Lu Shi Chun Qiu", Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi" and Mencius's "Mencius".
Thinking of this, Liu Che couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It can only be said that those Confucian guys are the best at whitewashing themselves, and they are even better at killing people with their pens.
Isn’t that just losing the debate?
As for killing them all?
However, looking back, Liu Che also felt that the farmers' ideas were indeed a bit extreme.
He actually wants to put the people above the emperor and thinks that the people are greater than the emperor. It is really treasonous!
It’s strange that the rulers are willing to protect and retain them!
Only the freak of Qin could tolerate these rebellious remarks.
Anyway, for Qin, whatever he says can be used to strengthen his national power. If he doesn't like it, he can just ignore it.
However, Liu Che felt that there was nothing wrong with the farmers' remarks.
In later generations, the Great Celestial Empire still calls for serving the people every day!
Confucianism is about governing the country and bringing peace to the world. It is about benevolence, justice, loyalty, filial piety and etiquette!
In the end, shouldn’t we continue to be fishy when we should be fishy, or continue to be shameless when we should be shameless?
Slogans or whatever, you can shout whatever you want. As long as your rhetoric doesn't fall into reality, what's the point of shouting "Potian"?
Don’t you see, when the farmers were in Qin, did they tell the King of Qin that everyone should work equally?
Of course, Liu Che was just thinking about these things in his mind.
We still have to talk about political correctness.
"You are ambitious..." Liu Che looked at the little Zhao Guo, squatted down, and said pleasantly: "My grandfather, your father, has great ambitions. Zhao Guo, you are willing to inherit the legacy of your ancestors and carry it forward."
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Many people present were particularly moved and sympathized with Zhao Shao after hearing his story.
Why is Zhao's Orphan so tearful? Isn't it just touching the tears of the people?
Ordinary people always subconsciously sympathize with the weak and like to see happy endings.
Therefore, many people looked at Zhao Guo nervously, hoping that Zhao Guo would stand up and say a wish.
Even Ning Cheng said in his heart: "Zhao Guo, tell me quickly that you are willing!"
Unlike Confucianism, which is full of hostility towards the peasant family that split from the Mohist family, the Legalists are very kind to the peasant family. Basically, now, people from the peasant family go to the Legalists for business, rather than the Legalists who go to the Legalists.
It is more convenient for people to do things.
Why?
During the Qin Dynasty, for more than a hundred years, farmers and Legalists worked closely together to finally create the terrifying war machine of the Qin State.
Therefore, most legalists in the world have a special affinity for farmers. Many people have never even interacted with farmers, but as long as they hear that someone is a farmer, they will subconsciously think that he is one of their own.
This is similar to how most people in later generations of China have been to minibuses, but when they mention minibuses, they will give a thumbs up and say "Batie, good friend." If you happen to meet a traveler from minibuses, you can basically help.
Definitely helpful, and very enthusiastic...
At this moment, Ning Cheng, after listening to Zhao Shao's story, was moved and inspired.
For Zhao Guo, Gengshi immediately valued him and regarded him as his true disciple!
Why?
For Legalists, farmers are their younger brothers. In the Qin Dynasty, Legalists were accustomed to formulating their own policies and goals, leaving local chores to farmers to handle.
The Legalists have never considered the Farmer a threat, but rather a good ally and younger brother.
Ning Cheng is now a member of the crown prince, and his status is not low. He is more powerful than Zuo Cheng and has a bright future. He naturally wants to do something in the future.
In today's world, Legalism not only has to compete with the Huang-Lao sect for power, but also competes with the increasingly prosperous Confucianism for the right to speak.
For Ning Cheng, cultivating a qualified farm assistant is a matter of course and imperative.
Zhao Guo is young now, but he is still seven years old. He will grow up in 16 years. By then, if he is trained properly, he will be an important assistant in his great cause.
Amid everyone's expectations and expectations, Zhao Guo bowed his head in a very sensible way and said: "Go back home, I am willing to inherit the legacy of my late grandfather and late father. In the future, I will respect the emperor, be safe for the common people, and write a book."
A farming book that is beneficial to the country!"
Although Zhao Guo's voice was a little childish, his tone was firm, his eyes were serious, and he was very serious.
When the people around heard Zhao Guo's answer, they shouted and cheered.
Even Ning Cheng secretly waved his fist and shouted "Hello" in his heart.
Liu Che also laughed, touched Xiao Zhao Guo's head, and said with appreciation: "If you are ambitious, I will wait until you grow up to finish the unfinished agricultural book by Dong Linghou and your late father.
Then show it to Gu..."
Liu Che paused for a moment and said: "But... Xiao Zhao Guo, you have to study hard and write a book that collects the achievements of the sages of the farmers. It is not something that can be done easily. You still have a lot to learn!"
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"Nuo!" Zhao Guo kowtowed heavily and said, "Young man, please remember your family's teachings!"
Although he is small, he already looks quite stable.
This is probably the so-called young age, and the children of the poor should take charge of the family early...
Liu Che stood up and told Ning Cheng: "From now on, this child will be given to you to teach. You must pay attention to it..."
"No!" Ning Cheng bowed happily and replied, he was really willing to do this.
"In addition, please tell me that the Zhao Shao family, the stewards of Li Zheng and Sixian Yuan, should take care of the orphans and widowers. Please help if you can..." Liu Che ordered.
Li Zheng from the north and Wang Dao who was following Liu Che immediately bowed and said: "No!"
As a result, everyone began to look at Zhao Shao's family with fierce eyes.
With the words of the prince, their family at least no longer have to worry about life problems.
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After leaving Beili, Liu Che rode his horse and walked slowly under the sunset.
Beside him, Wang Dao cautiously approached on horseback and asked: "Your Highness, are you worried?"
"Yes..." Liu Che nodded: "Suddenly I feel a great responsibility!"
Farmers' writings are almost invisible in later generations.
The Mo family is not much better.
Among the hundreds of schools of thought that were still vigorous at this time, after the Han Dynasty, only a few of them were still alive.
This really made Liu Che feel a lot of pressure.
Although it is said that there are all kinds of schools of thought, even anarchists.
But, no matter what, these classics and knowledge that are still preserved are the thoughts of our ancestors, and they are the kind of fire left behind after the war in the late Qin Dynasty. How can they be destroyed casually?
Even the Omei devils preserved the writings of the Greeks under the stakes of the Inquisition.
To be fair, the later Western ideas of people-centered democracy can actually be found in the discussions of hundreds of schools of thought during the Warring States Period, but the expressions are different but the meaning is similar.
"No matter what, I will not destroy any family's ideas. On the contrary, I will protect them. In the future, I will engrave them all into engravings, print and publish them..."
Of course, some remarks that are too dangerous should be kept in the palace for the time being...
For example, those anarchist thoughts and speeches...
That night, after Liu Che returned to the crown prince in Chang'an City, he immediately summoned Zhang Tang, Ji An and Ju Meng for a meeting.
A task was handed down.
That is to collect and sort out all existing peasant writings.
Including but not limited to the peasant chapters quoted in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" and "Guan Zi".
At the same time, Liu Che also sent a letter to the Shaofu Yamen, in the name of the prince, ordering the Shaofu Yamen to transfer agricultural officials and fifty people with more than one hundred stones to serve the prince before the end of the year.
At the same time, Liu Che also used the Prince's Order Talisman to write a letter to Taishi Yamen, asking Taishi Ling Sima to talk to the officials of Taishi Yamen and come to his Prince* for help.
How could Liu Che really wait for Zhao Guo to grow up before writing a book?
Moreover, Liu Che did not think that Zhao Guo could really write a book covering the entire agricultural subject on his own.
Marquis Dongling spent ten years, but it was just the beginning...
This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.
Because Liu Che knew what was needed to write a real agricultural book.
In addition to understanding agriculture, you also need to know astronomy and geography, technology, mathematics, and the seasons.
Agriculture has never been a separate subject.
To write an agricultural textbook without the power of the state is simply a fantasy in this era.
To give a simple example, if you write about agriculture, you have to write about the seasons.
Then you need to calculate the time of day.
Later, Xiaozhu Taichu changed the calendar, and his biggest contribution was to re-establish a new calendar. The new Taichu calendar calculated the changes of the twenty-four solar terms for the first time.
In order to calculate these seasons, famous mathematicians such as Sima Qian and Er Kuan calculated n days.
Just this one thing cannot be calculated by one or two people.
In addition, technology and equipment also require professionals.
Therefore, it was only possible for Prince Liu Che to take the initiative and initiate such a book.
Liu Che even thought of the title of the book, and called it "New Shen Nong" to pay tribute to the old version of the classic farmer's book written by Xu Xing.
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The next day, as soon as Liu Che got up, he found that a woman who had never appeared in the palace before appeared in front of him.
"Shao Zhao?" Liu Che bit his tongue and then shook his head. At this moment, he knew what was going on.
In this world, there is never a shortage of people who want to show off their bad feet.
The people at the top only need to make a slight statement, and the people at the bottom will quickly handle the matter for you.
Even in the later dynasties, some shameless people would dare to use any means to curry favor with their superiors.
If you think about those mistresses and prostitutes, you can understand the situation Liu Che is facing now.
It is no exaggeration to say that in order to please Shangguan, some people not only send women to Liu Che, but also send wives and daughters. That is also a joy and a wish!
"Kingly way!" Liu Che sat up from the couch and shouted with a straight face.
"Your Highness!" Wang Dao immediately rolled in, knelt down, and kowtowed: "My slave is here!"
"What's going on?" Liu Che looked unhappy, stared at the woman standing in the hall, her head lowered, and her whole body was shaking, and asked.
"Your Highness... this... this..." Wang Dao saw it and knew he was in trouble. This flattery was probably slapped on the horse's leg. He quickly kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, this is how the people below honor you. They all say that Your Highness
I am busy with state affairs, but I don’t have anyone caring about me, and the Yi family is not around. Seeing that the Zhao Shao family is still well-behaved, I make my own decisions..."
In fact, this matter was ordered and ordered by Wang Dao himself.
But now that he saw the prince getting angry, Wang Dao sold the people below him without hesitation.
"Nonsense!" Liu Che waved his hand and said: "Send her back. She is a prince, not a libertine in the streets and willow lanes!"
When he said this, to be honest, Liu Che felt really reluctant to let go.
Well, this Zhao Shao has a good figure and a beautiful person. The key is that Liu Che always feels that she is similar to sister Zhiling in some aspects!
As a time traveler, Liu Che still remembers those words: Go to Benduan and capture Lin Chiling alive!
Ahem, I really feel reluctant to send away such a beauty who has already been brought to my lips.
However, there is no way, this attitude must be expressed, otherwise, once this statement is made, God knows whether someone will send a young girl to molestation or something next time.
Although Liu Che likes women, he has a sense of propriety and will not act recklessly like his father.
In a sense, Liu Che felt that he still had integrity. He only wanted willing women and did not want to take the blame for Huang Shiren.
When Wang Dao heard this, he trembled all over. This was a very severe accusation.
He plopped his head, kowtowed and said: "Your Highness, this servant has been punished, please punish me!"
Flower Streets and Willow Lanes are a place known to all of Chang'an.
Then Zhao Shao immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Please don't drive me back..."
As she spoke, she began to sob quietly.
She is a smart woman.
She knew exactly what would happen if she was returned.
Everything about her son and sister-in-law will be destroyed, she will also lose her protective umbrella, and she will even become more miserable than before.
The reason is very simple. Previously, she could barely protect herself by relying on Shaw's brand. Although there were many guys in Shanglin Garden who coveted her beauty, they would all be wary of Shaw.
However, if she is kicked out of the Crown Prince*, then all the people who were previously intimidated by the name of Shaw Brothers will no longer have any scruples.
She never wanted to live like that.
Besides, the prince is right, the widow will remarry sooner or later.
Instead of marrying an old man or a fat-bellied noble or wealthy businessman, it is better to serve the prince.
Even if you have no status, even if you may soon fall out of favor, at least you can provide protection for your family and allow your son and sister-in-law to live a decent life. r1152
