Chapter 814 Confucian scholars, grammarians and officials
Zhu Zhen never said from beginning to end that Guozi University rejected Confucian students. On the contrary, Confucian students had been boycotting Guozi University.
Because they regard Guozi University as a position for the restoration of grammar officials. This evokes the fear deep in their memories of being dominated by grammar officials...
As the prince said, in the Western Han Dynasty, government officials were divided into two distinct groups: grammarians and Confucian scholars.
Literary officials were responsible for governing the country, while Confucian scholars were responsible for establishing moral standards.
At that time, the former had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers and status. Xiao He, Cao Shen and other Han names were all born in the literary and legal circles.
The latter only occupied some official positions in Wenhan etiquette, such as doctor, literary aide, prince, and so on. They were insignificant and had a low status. They were suppressed and excluded by the Wenfa officials.
This situation began to be reversed during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As Confucianism became the official ideology, the status of Confucian scholars began to be greatly improved.
Moreover, the disciples of the most holy teacher were good at absorbing and learning, and began to study grammar and laws, and actively participated in the governance of the country.
Although Confucian scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty still complained that "there are too many secular officials and too few Confucian scholars," this was because their political expectations had been greatly improved compared to those in the Western Han Dynasty.
At that time, the path of advancement for Confucian scholars was completely clear. Those "Confucian scholars" who had the ability to "rectify affairs and regulate chaos" were more favored by the emperor and had better career prospects than mere grammarians.
In the end, the Confucian scholars completely suppressed the literary and legal officials and relegated them to official positions, making them forever sink into the lower ranks with no way to rise. From then on, the official career path was completely different.
With Confucianism sparing no effort to suppress and cover up, not many people know about the past glory of grammarians. Officials shamelessly take the credit of the officials as their own...so that most people think that all dynasties have been
Relying on Confucian scholars to govern a country is like the country cannot function without them.
After completing the complete monopoly of political resources, Confucian scholars inevitably became lazy. No one was willing to work hard to learn the skills of governing the country. Instead, they regarded it as a secular task and dismissed it. Anyway, there are despicable civil servants.
Why should you let your noble thoughts be tarnished by these mundane affairs?
As a result, there are fewer and fewer knowledgeable scholars, and there are more and more rotten scholars who are obsessed with classics and ignorant of political affairs. They are not ashamed at all, but are accustomed to it. Anyway, they have been like this for so many years, and there should be no changes in the future.
Unexpectedly, a naive but serious Boss Zhu appeared, who wanted to use the imperial examination to select scholars who could govern the country.
It's like trying to pick out a few wolves from a pack of dogs. It's just trying to pick out a few wolves. How can you pick them out? Scholars don't learn how to govern a country, do you understand?
If Boss Zhu were alone, it would be easy to deal with it. After all, he didn't know much and couldn't find the crux of the problem. After the Confucian scholars had been waiting for several years, he had no choice but to come back and live with Confucianism. So everyone didn't do it at first.
Panic...
But Zhu Laoliu happened to appear again, and he revealed to Zhu Yuanzhang the truth that Confucianism had always concealed - the country had always been run by officials, and the civil servants who were like a revolving door were just supervisors who handed down orders. There was no essential difference between them and eunuchs...
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Once the Confucian cover-up was exposed, the weight of civil servants and scholars in Boss Zhu's heart was greatly reduced, so Boss Zhu resolutely decided to support Lao Liu and implement the three reforms.
But Boss Zhu had no intention of shaking the orthodox status of Confucianism, which would shake the ruling foundation of the old Zhu family. So what he wanted to do was to transform Confucian students and turn them into Confucian scholars who mastered administrative skills.
Even the technocrats mentioned by Lao Liu were synonymous with Confucianism in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, rather than grammar officials who had studied the Confucian classics...
In fact, even Lao Liu himself knew that with the terrible learning ability of Confucian students, once they let go of their resistance and start learning "common government", the Confucian University will still be their world in the future.
Therefore, he is grateful to God for being able to cultivate Confucian scholars in a systematic way. He does not expect the grammarians to regain their prominence at all... The gap in all aspects is too great, and it is really impossible to force it.
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Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang would certainly like to have Confucian students no longer boycott Guozi University and actively become college students to learn administrative skills.
He thought over and over again, and it was indeed a good move to let Song Lian teach at Guozi University. His original resolute attitude couldn't help but loosen a little: "The influence of the old Confucian is huge, aren't you afraid that the college students will listen to him? Don't listen.
Is it yours?"
"It's okay. When I come, Erchen only invites Song Lian. Dai Liang and Su Boxheng are not invited. If he alone can turn the Guozi University founded by Erchen, then I will go back to Suzhou honestly.
Right." Lao Liu smiled and said:
"Secondly, I still have a way to hedge. I am going to move my teacher to Jilong Mountain to live in retirement. Two old friends will be my companions. If Song Taishi has any signs, my master will be able to nip them in time."
"Oh? Is your master in good health again?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up. This method is indeed reliable. As long as Liu Bowen is here, no one can make a difference.
"After all these years, it has indeed gotten better." Lao Liu said cautiously.
"Why don't you let him come out of the army again and become our Taifu?" Zhu Yuanzhang had thought about asking Liu Bowen to come back out of the army many times over the years. Now that Hu Weiyong has fallen, the court is in urgent need of veterans who can calm down the situation. His response to Liu Bowen
The desire is even stronger.
"With the intensity of my father's work, my master will die in less than half a month." Lao Liu shook his head decisively and said: "I asked him to go to Jilong Mountain for retirement. I heard that the elderly can live longer on university campuses...
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"Everyone holds the teacher at the top of their hearts. I have never cared so much about my father." Seeing how determined he was, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't force him and snorted bitterly.
"Father, you must speak with your conscience! Isn't it all because of my father's obsession that my son is in such a mess and is being criticized to death by scholars all over the world?" Lao Liu immediately became furious and glared at the old thief.
road:
"Isn't this called being obsessed with daddy? How else can you be obsessed with me?!"
"Why are you staring at me?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened even more, and he bent down as if taking off his shoes and said, "Are you looking for another fight?"
"Did I stare? I've lost weight recently and my eyes are big." Lao Liu was immediately frightened.
"Humph, you stinky boy." Zhu Yuanzhang straightened up and cursed: "The purpose of assigning those old scholars to you is to relieve your pressure. Now that you don't appreciate it, then we won't treat you like such evil people."
"Father, I appreciate your kindness." Lao Liu quickly acted like he was flattered, even though he knew that the old thief was just sending a favor. "Father, please continue to care for me in the future."
"Don't worry, we know who is fighting for this family and who is trying to be a deserter." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Go ahead."
