If this Xu Jiu is really just a boss who has crossed over from the slave smuggling group.
Then, Liu Che didn't need to come to see him in person.
Not to mention, it’s so mysterious.
What really moved Liu Che was a book he had recently written.
The name of this book is "People's Wealth".
It seems like it's just a title that deviates a little from the mainstream, but it's actually not a big deal.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various schools of thought contended.
Those sages have explored almost all possible paths.
Among them, Guan Zhong, Confucius, and Mencius all discussed the issue of enriching the people.
Mencius even put forward such a rebellious, unethical and disharmonious slogan as "the people are the most important and the ruler is the least".
However, the statement in this book "People's Wealth" is very different from the treatises of Confucius and Mencius, Guan Zhong, Yi Yin and others.
Although there are still many clichés from the Confucian and Huang-Lao schools.
But it uses a dialectical method to explain the problem.
In the first chapter of this book, "The Root and Bottom", the root and bottom issues of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are discussed very dialectically. For farmers: farming and mulberry cultivation are the foundation, and traveling is the bottom; for craftsmen: utility is the foundation, and skillful decoration is the bottom; For businessmen: circulation is the foundation and living in a strange place is the end.
Although the concepts in this book are still quite immature, the methods used to discuss the issues are also somewhat contradictory.
But only in this aspect.
There is no doubt that it is a huge progress.
It is a kind of sublimation and an evolution!
You must know that before this, both Confucianism, Legalism and Huang Lao had a rigid and rigid attitude towards fundamental issues.
Basically, they all believe that everything is inferior, but agriculture is superior.
Those who farm are good people, and food is the foundation of everything.
Gold, pearls, jade, merchants and craftsmen, they are all garbage that corrupts the social atmosphere and affects the education of the Holy King, and needs to be disposed of.
Under the influence of this trend of thought, the Eastern Han Dynasty in history even abolished coins for a time and relied on barter as a means of trade.
However, this book "People's Wealth" is the first treatise in Liu Che's memory that dialectically analyzes the root and cause issues.
This is naturally excellent.
only……
Those who are half a step ahead of the world are geniuses, and those who are one step ahead are called madmen.
Compared with the current conservative social public opinion circles, the problems of this book "People's Wealth" are very glaring.
Liu Che dares to guarantee it.
As long as this book spreads and more people read it, it will eventually be seen by those giants.
It must be a tsunami of public opinion!
Among the various factions of Confucianism, the first one will not let it go!
Dong Zhongshu and Hu Wusheng were both brothers who governed Gongyang Chunqiu. However, because of some slight differences in ideas, the two people have a tendency to stay away from each other until they die.
Historically, Hu Wusheng's disciple Gongsun Hong even caught his uncle and beat him wildly without any scruples. He tried every means to kill Dong Zhongshu!
The Guliang Sect and the Gongyang Sect are both popular branches in the Spring and Autumn Period.
However, they have loved and killed each other for hundreds of years.
Wherever the Guliang sect is strong, scholars of the Gongyang sect will be squeezed out without any room for survival.
vice versa.
Confucianism has never been lenient when it comes to disputes between great ways.
Their internal conflicts can make each other think badly.
For other schools of thought, there is even less tolerance.
Why did Confucius kill Shaozhengmao?
Why couldn't Mencius tolerate Xu Xing?
Liu Che always remembered what his father-in-law told him about the past when he was ostracized, suppressed and humiliated by Confucian scholars in Linzi, Qi State.
You know, the Zongheng sect was also one of the university sects of the Warring States Period, and it also had its glory days.
Although the Legalists and the Huang-Lao School are relatively tolerant.
But Liu Che felt that if they could understand the insights in this book "Enriching the People", that would be like seeing a ghost!
In particular, this book "Enriching the People" has a core statement, which is that "the country should enrich the people", and the subsequent discussion is based on this keynote.
This simply steps on the sore spot of Legalism!
You know, Legalist thought has a core.
It’s called ‘the teaching of exerting the power of the earth’. No matter Shang Yang, Shen Buhai or Han Feizi, they all elaborated their ideological systems around this sentence.
The most important thing is...
At the end of this book "Enriching the People", the crowd laughed...
It goes like this: In today's world, there are few people who can cure the root cause, and many people who live in idleness. They use clever decorations to gain favor. They get rich by living in strange places, and they mess up the countryside by wandering around. How pitiful it is! Husbands, ministers and nobles, all serve the common people, and take things lightly. At the time of the people, sincerity can be criticized!
What the hell!
After Liu Che read it, he had only one feeling: the impact of this mockery had almost wiped out all other dignitaries, ministers and institutions of the Han Dynasty except the emperor.
Although it tells the truth!
But telling the truth will make you lose your head.
Because of this, Liu Che started to love talents and decided to come forward to protect him.
"Xu Jiu..." Liu Che opened his mouth slightly and said, "You are quite courageous..."
"I know the crime!" Xu Jiu knelt obediently in front of Liu Che, kowtowed and said, "I beg your Majesty to punish me!"
Chu Da next to him also knelt down and kowtowed and said: "The guilty minister Chu Da, I pay my respects to Your Majesty..."
Liu Che shifted his gaze slightly, looked at this general of the Gongyang faction, his eyes moved slightly, and asked: "Chu Da... what is the name of the tenth chapter of "The Analects of Confucius"?"
"Back to Your Majesty..." Chu Da didn't dare to raise his head and whispered: "Xiang Dang..." When he said these two words, Chu Da's voice was almost inaudible.
"Good!" Liu Che asked with a smile: "Confucius was very arrogant in the village party and seemed unable to speak. In the ancestral temple and the court, he only spoke with caution. How do you explain this?"
"I'm guilty!" Chu Da retracted his head completely into his neck in embarrassment. At this moment, he just wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
In addition to loyalty and filial piety, the Liu family respected the "Teachings of the Township Party" the most.
The core of the Xiangdang's training was in the Han Dynasty and consisted of two parts.
One is the Three Elders School, and the other is the Township School.
In the twelfth year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's reign, he once issued an edict to the world: Filial piety and brotherhood are the basis of great obedience in the world; Litian is the foundation of life; the three elders are the teachers of the people; honest officials are the public representatives of the people. I commend these two. The trip of three doctors.
This fully illustrates that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty believed that filial piety, farming, three elders, and honest officials constitute the most commendable and respected virtues and characters in the world today.
The rural school is the dojo of the three elders (the teaching of the three elders), and it is also a sacred place of enlightenment and the source of the spread of knowledge.
At the same time, it is also a holy place considered by Confucianism (to cultivate righteousness and achieve holy merit!)
"I don't care what grudges you have, why are you fighting in the township school!" Liu Che said with a straight face, "But since you dare to fight in the township school, you must bear the severe punishment of the law!"
The two guys immediately lowered their heads to the ground and did not dare to move.
Although they all knew that the emperor would definitely not punish them too harshly.
There may even be reuse!
Have you ever seen an emperor drag the person he wanted to kill to a remote place and give him a special scolding when he wanted to kill someone?
The emperor is not sick, so he will definitely not be so bored.
That leaves only one explanation.
Your Majesty, there is a place for them.
No matter what it is.
Both Chu Da and Xu Jiu knew that they had made money.
Of course, you still have to have a correct attitude, sincerely admit your mistakes, and conduct deep self-examination.
So, the two of them said in unison: "The guilty minister deserves death, please forgive me..."
"You should thank Dong Erli San Lao Yang Gong!" Liu Che said calmly: "If I hadn't interceded for you, you would have been thrown into Tingwei's prison at this moment!"
The third elder in Dongerli indeed submitted a document to the internal history requesting a lighter sentence after these two were arrested.
However, this is just a formality.
It is an instinctive reaction of an old man who wants to calm things down and avoid getting into trouble.
Liu Che made this argument, obviously deliberately making excuses for them.
"But the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be forgiven!" Liu Che took a step forward, looked at Chu Da, and said: "Chu Da, you are a Confucian, Confucianism, softness. You should respect yourself as a gentleman, but you ignore the decency and disrespect the teachings of the previous king.
, do not respect the teachings of the township party, fight with others in public, and still in the township school! Don't you hear that the Dazai said: Confucianism is to win the people with Tao! What you did not only insulted your teachers, but also
You have insulted the teachings of the late king and destroyed the discipline of the township party. It is your first offense, and there are three elders interceding for mercy. I am my master Zhongshu, and I have always respected you, so I will give you a lighter sentence!"
"Go and copy the Analects, Rites, and Poems for me five hundred times each, and then go to Dongerli to teach Meng Tong for one year!" Liu Che lowered his head and asked, "Are you convinced?"
When Chu Da heard the words, he immediately kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty's admonition is like a yellow bell or a thunder in the spring, which makes the guilty subject wake up! Your Majesty's holy judgment, the guilty subject is convinced!"
Chu Da was in a happy mood at the moment.
The emperor's 'punishment' seems to be punishment.
But in Chu Da’s opinion, this is a manifestation of Quanquan’s caring heart!
Copying the Analects of Confucius, etiquette, and poetry is to hone one's poetry and calligraphy literacy and strengthen one's determination to follow the Tao.
Being punished to teach Meng Tong in Dongerli means to observe one's own moral conduct.
In history, when wise kings and wise ministers met, there was generally such a script.
This made Chu Da really elated and couldn't help himself.
I just feel that in front of me, there is a smooth road and a bright future.
Getting promoted and making a fortune, marrying rich and beautiful people, and reaching the pinnacle of life are just around the corner.
How can he think about anything else?
He immediately followed the two soldiers who were escorting him, bowed his head respectfully, and exited the room step by step.
Liu Che looked at Chu Dayuan's retreating back and smiled slightly.
In this way, Xu Jiu, the person behind him, and the book "Enriching the People" should not appear in Dong Zhongshu's sight for at least two or three months.
You know, copying the Analects, Rites, and Poems five hundred times with a brush is no simple matter.
This is not about future generations of elementary school students completing the teacher's homework. The handwriting can be scrawled and the paper can be stained.
The writing must be straight and clear, and the paper must be neat and tidy.
After thinking about it, Liu Che decided to make it more difficult for Chu Da, so he told Ju Meng: "I ordered someone to tell Chu Da that he can only copy with bamboo slips, not white paper..."
Well, this decision may push back the exposure time of "Fu Min" by at least another two months.
As for when the time comes, will Chu Da still remember the content of his argument with Xu Jiu?
That depends on whether Chu Da's memory is that powerful.
Liu Che felt that it was very likely that when the time came, Chu Da would only be able to remember that he had argued with Xu Jiu and even made a move, but the specific process would be unclear.
Wait until Chu Da completely disappeared into Zhi Fang.
Liu Che took a moment to look at Xu Jiu.
"Song Zihou..." Liu Che raised the corner of his mouth and looked at this guy.
"The guilty minister respectfully listens to the holy teaching!" Xu Jiu immediately kowtowed.
There is no doubt that Liu Che knows very well that this Xu Jiu is a smart man.
And he's a very smart man.
Liu Che is now more than 70% sure that everything happening now is a trap set up by this guy.
Liu Che had already suspected this since he knew about this.
The timeline of the Xiu Yiwei's investigation report and the information given by the imperial censor's Yamen are also very consistent.
Since last year, Liu Che has passed edicts more than once, hinting at his political leanings to officials in both the government and the public.
Since the Jiazi Edict, Liu Che's attitude has been clearly displayed to others.
Many other edicts and statements at court meetings clearly informed the ministers and princes of these things.
Liu Che had been waiting, waiting for a courtier to appear who would take the initiative to approach and kneel down.
Unfortunately, I haven't seen any movement.
This made Liu Che's plan to sell horse bones for a thousand dollars like it was hanging in the air, which made him feel very embarrassed.
Fortunately, there are many smart people.
Liu Che had vaguely heard that many princes and official families were conducting targeted research.
For example, the famous Wan Shijun, Shi Fen and his family.
But Liu Che didn't expect that the first person to jump out to eat crabs would be the inconspicuous Song Zihou, who ranked last. (~^~)
