Feng Lu Cheng'en Gong Xiang Yun was like an eight-magnitude earthquake to the intellectual and historical circles of the Han Dynasty.
For a long time, Xiang Yu has had many sympathizers and groups cheering for him among the people.
These people are mainly from the Confucian school and the landlord class in the Qilu and Guchu areas. From the day Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, these people have been promoting Xiang Yu's various "benevolence and righteousness".
However, they have long been suppressed by the Xunchen veteran group and the Huanglao faction.
In fact, officials have never agreed with their views.
However, when Liu Che issued an edict, the two parties reacted differently.
After a brief period of confusion.
The princes and ministers wrote letters one after another, flattering Liu Che, saying that this was a wise and powerful decision, and that only "Your Majesty can see thousands of miles, but the ministers are stupid and cannot understand".
The Confucian school in the Qilu area and the Confucian giants in Chang'an have a different look.
They shouted "King Xiang" one by one, but they used various methods and looked for all avenues to express to Liu Che: Xiang Yu's historical positioning issue still needs to be discussed.
At first glance, it seems as if the positions of the two factions are reversed.
But Liu Che knew it well.
Their position has not changed!
Quite the opposite!
Their stance is as firm as ever!
When trying to determine the legal origin of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu was a hurdle that could not be circumvented.
The life of this overlord of Western Chu was a life of rebellion against Qin.
Without Xiang Yu, the Qin Dynasty would not have been destroyed, and the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty would most likely be suppressed by Zhang Han.
And Liu Che named Liu She's son the Duke of Lu Chengen, allowing him to inherit Xiang Yu's legacy. This was to give an official attitude to Xiang Yu's position in the history of the Han Dynasty.
Naming him Duke Cheng'en of Lu means that Xiang Yu is sure of his merits in rebelling against Qin, but resisting Emperor Gao is a big sin!
The so-called Duke Lu Chengen is more of an insult than a compliment!
Indebtedness, indebtedness, from whom?
Of course it’s Liu’s kindness!
Without the magnanimity of Emperor Gao, Xiang Yu would have died in the wilderness, with all his body parts buried in various ravines just like Chi You!
Without Liu Che, the emperor, to forget the past, how could Xiang Yu have a wife and enjoy the incense?
In the eyes of the elders and ministers, this imperial edict was a complete affirmation of their ancestors' achievements in following Emperor Gao to defeat Xiang Yu!
In the eyes of Confucian scholars in Qilu and other places, the meaning is different.
Originally, Xiang Yu had been dead for almost sixty years, and his bones had turned into scum. The Confucian scholars only occasionally called King Xiang a few words when they had nothing to do, secretly thinking in their minds how glorious they would be if Xiang Yu took over the world!
Once faced with the Han Dynasty officials and court, these people immediately became obedient and loyal ministers, and threw Xiang Yu to Java.
However, Liu Che's edict hurt these guys' feet.
Feng Lu Chengen Gong?
Isn't it obvious that the old Liu family has not forgotten that after Xiang Yu's death, the Confucian scholars and landlords in Lu refused to surrender and wanted to be loyal ministers to Xiang Yu and wear filial piety?
What's more, Confucian scholars all care about face.
Who should I seal? The descendants of Taohou?
Isn't this a clear slap in Xiang Yu's face?
You know, the title of Taohou was obtained by selling Xiang Yu!
The Taohou family has been the Liu family’s henchmen for generations!
When a member of such a family is appointed to inherit Xiang Yu's legacy, the Confucian scholars probably have no other feeling besides the burning pain on their faces.
Liu Che didn't bother to pay attention to the mourning mourning of the Confucian scholars. He just pretended that he didn't see it and continued to go his own way.
As a school of thought, Confucianism sometimes needs to be slapped twice before a person understands how to keep pace with the times. If he doesn't, he will feel good about himself.
At the beginning, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and marched to the south. Even Xiang Yu's hometown surrendered, but Lu, where Confucianism was dominant, refused to surrender.
Then, Liu Bang mobilized the entire army to surround Lu Di. The 'loyal ministers' who had originally vowed not to surrender knelt down and shouted long live...
This is the reason why Confucianism has not gained political status in the entire Han Dynasty to this day.
Otherwise, what do you think is the reason why Confucian scholars have sharpened their heads for decades and flattered Emperor Liu in every way, but except for Shusun Tong, there was not even a courtier worth two thousand shi?
This was the original sin of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty!
As long as the emperor of the Liu family is not second-rate, it is unlikely that he will give them too much trust!
Of course, any impact will fade over time.
Today, more than fifty years later, it is no longer appropriate to remember this bad debt.
Liu Che threw out Duke Cheng'eng of Lu, which not only knocked down the Confucian scholars and made them sober, but also cleared the obstacles for them to enter the officialdom. Even Xiang Yu's descendants were Han officials. So, the Confucian scholars who were loyal to Xiang Yu back then
We, therefore, cannot continue to pursue and fight fiercely.
This stain can be washed away from the Confucian scholars.
From now on, no one can use this matter as a point of criticism when Qilu Confucian scholars are promoted.
It's a pity that most Confucian scholars only stared at the slap on their butts slapped by Liu Che, the emperor. They didn't know, or even if they knew, they pretended not to know that Liu Che had defused a time bomb for them.
Does the child who is suffering have milk to drink?
This is true both in ancient and modern times!
"The only one who knows that I have sinned is the Spring and Autumn Period!" Liu Che sighed with emotion in his hands.
Since he came to the throne, Liu Che's biggest feeling is that history is like a gallery, where most of the artworks displayed are replicas and few new ones.
Liu Che could find familiar examples of many things that had happened in the past six months from historical records and records of later generations.
Put this matter aside.
Liu Che then issued an edict, granting the title of Duke of Zhou to Gongsun Xin as the Marquis of Lu, and the title of Marquis of Guannei. He had 300 households living in the city and built a temple for the Duke of Zhou. He also ordered that a statue of the Duke of Zhou be built in the side hall of Liu Bang's high temple to be worshiped with him every year and enjoyed.
Sacrifice and blood food.
At the same time, Liu Che also issued an order allowing hundreds of schools of thought to set up sacrifices for their ancestors.
However, all statues of sages can only be erected in the "Sages Sacrifice" funded by the imperial court and require approval.
If there is no approval, or if it is not established in the ancestral ancestral hall, it will be regarded as an obscene sacrifice, and any yamen will prohibit it and investigate and deal with it!
It was lively now, and all the schools of thought, as long as there was anyone who could speak, started to get active.
During the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in the increasingly fierce wars between nations, countless talented people came up one after another and proposed countless solutions to the situation in China at that time.
Among these people, there are some who are talkative, but the action group is the most common!
There are countless practical ones!
Even Confucianism, which was considered decadent, backward and unprogressive in later generations, actually evolved and updated itself many times during that period.
Liu Che saw the current opportunity and issued this edict.
Because, at this time, after more than fifty years of recovery, many schools of thought had actually quietly revived.
Although the wars in the late Qin Dynasty destroyed a large number of classics, there were always many fish caught.
The ancient books of our ancestors were hidden in the walls, in the crevices of the rocks, or even quietly hidden in some underground cellar by their descendants.
By these means, they avoided the fate of being destroyed by war.
However, due to various reasons, these precious crystallizations of wisdom from our ancestors are not known to the public.
In this era when even "The Analects of Confucius" has not been popularized, in fact, there are only a few books known to the general public, which add up to no more than 10,000 words.
In the history of later generations, Dongfang Shuo, who lived in the Xiaozhu Dynasty, boasted that he had read a "magnum opus" totaling 30,000 words... Xiaozhu was so shocked that he was a god...
Therefore, Liu Che set a threshold on the standards for establishing sacrifices.
Want to enter the Xianxian Temple?
good!
It's simple. Either the court takes the initiative to establish a memorial ceremony, or someone files an application and submits evidence.
This evidence must be able to prove that the sage did have strong enough academic performance and influence to be able to join the sage priests and share official sacrifices with other sages and sacrifices to the emperor.
There is no doubt that in this era, there is nothing else that can prove someone's academic achievements and influence except his works.
In particular, Liu Che did something that added fuel to the fire - he announced the first batch of people to be honored as sages.
On this list, there are only three names.
Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Sima Xiangqi.
After the list was announced, there was an uproar. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
ps: I didn’t get home until almost 1 o’clock last night~ Well, I took a rest today. Starting tomorrow, I will give you 10,000 a day. Let’s update it for a few days~ Although I’m not sure how long it will last, but at least it will last for more than 3 days~
