After moving back to Luoyang from the east, Liu Xie was influenced by Chen Chong and attached great importance to the rule of law. For this reason, when rebuilding the eastern capital, he specifically asked Zhuge Liang to build the Imperial Academy camp to three times its original size, which could accommodate enough students.
Thousands of people were giving lectures at the same time. Since Liu Xie came to the throne, he has participated in lectures on classics in Taixue every year, and recruited talents from among them. No matter in good years or disaster years, he has never neglected Taixue. By the time of the third year of Yanxi
Every year, tens of thousands of scholars came to Luoyang to study in Taixue, and countless people wrote and debated scriptures. Elderly people said that the current situation of Dongdu was nothing compared with that of Guanghe.
Inferior.
But for Chen Chong, when he was young, he only debated scriptures because he was competitive. What he was really passionate about was history. From writing books and commentaries to Chang'an engraving "National History", it was all out of this hobby. But as he got older,
, he could no longer bear to read history, and instead loved reading inscriptions, poems and poems. Until now, when Chen Chong asked Fu Qian for the latest scriptures, for some reason he felt like he was in another world. He could not remember the last time he was with someone.
When did we discuss Confucian classics?
Ever since Chen Chong asked Zheng Xuan to serve as a doctor, Zheng Xue's disciples have been in control of Taixue to this day. The dispute between ancient and modern texts that originally lasted for hundreds of years has now been replaced by Zheng Xue. Fu Qian specially selected it for Chen Chong.
Chen Chong took a quick look at the forty well-known doctoral writings and found that half of them were extensions of Zheng Xue. Zheng Xue emphasized strict rule of law, which is close to Chen Chong, but there are also many influences from heaven and man.
, the prophecy theory such as the cycle of five virtues was not favored by Chen Chong. In comparison, Chen Chong singled out Xu Ci and Meng Guang, who were more focused on magic, as candidates for entering the palace.
Chen Chong took a closer look at the remaining books. Most of the works written by non-Zheng Xue paid too much attention to literary style and were flashy, or they were mysterious and mysterious in their discussion. I don't know why, which made Chen Chong feel quite bored. Fortunately, he opened a book "
The content of "Holy Evidence Theory" suddenly made him feel refreshing. This book stands on Ma Rong's standpoint of ancient classics and upholds the family law of the ancient classics school. It is based on the two works of "Confucius Family Sayings" and "Kong Congzi", comprehensively
He criticized Zheng Xue, thinking that it distorted the words of the saint and smeared the image of the Master. The words were very sharp, and it once reminded Chen Chong of Zheng Xuan's criticism of He Xiu. But looking at its content, it made people laugh. The words cited in the article
The book "Kong Congzi" is claimed to be a family biography of Confucius. Chen Chong has never seen it, and has never heard of Kong Rong and Ma Rixi talking about it. It is probably the author's own forgery. However, the author dares to write blatantly
Coming out must be said to be a bold move.
After calling Fu Qian, Chen Chong asked him who wrote "Sheng Zheng Lun". The answer was: The author was Wang Su of Donghai, the son of Wang Lang, the former prefect of Tongchuan. He studied the classics with the famous Confucian Song Zhong at the age of sixteen, and left school at the age of twenty.
Taixue, but he is twenty-seven years old this year and is already well-known in the capital. In the past seven years, Wang Su has never been defeated in debates on scriptures. Even Guo Yuan and other high-ranking disciples of the Zheng family are three points weaker than him when they meet him. He is known as the God of the East China Sea.
Leader of the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Chong had actually heard of Wang Su's name, but he didn't expect him to be so young. Chen Chong couldn't help but think of his youth, and it was no wonder that his words were so wanton. Then Chen Chong re-read the book's propositions and found that although Wang Su didn't like strict laws, he was very lenient.
The view of "corruption and inaction" and "governing by doing nothing" complemented Zheng Xue. Chen Chong now had a new idea. He could teach Wang Su, Xu Ci and others to the emperor together, so that Liu Yi could experience the feeling of listening and understanding.
After finishing reading "Sheng Zheng Lun", it was already dusk. Chen Chong felt a little tired, but there were still three articles on the desk that he had not read. He cheered up, lit a lamp, and prepared to go to dinner after reading.
The first two articles were unremarkable. They were just influenced by his son-in-law He Yan, who liked to talk about some metaphysics. Chen Chong quickly put them down. When he opened the last article, the title was refreshing, the famous work "Four Essays on Talent"
, it seemed that the article was based on nature. Chen Chong read it carefully and soon frowned.
This article is not an ordinary exegesis, but a narration of the Qing Dynasty's discussion on the use of personnel. The opening preface reads: "The husband's official employs people, and he is the leader of the country; therefore, Quanheng specializes in Taige, and the superiors
It is divided; filial piety exists in the alleys, and the good and the bad of the countrymen are divided. If you want to be judged and selected by the Puritan Church, you should clarify the divisions and do not interfere with each other. Who? If you exceed the division, you will be afraid of the consequences.
If it is not based on the foundation, the road for the power to gallop will be open; if it is exceeded, there will be fear that the Heavenly Lord will have access to the outside, and there will be many doors for power. If the Heavenly Lord has access to the lower level, it will be a matter for common people to discuss; there are many doors for opportunity and power.
It is the source of chaos.
It has been many years since the official evaluation of officials and talents in the prefectures and counties has been carried out. There have been many reviews and they have not been organized. Isn't it possible that the classification is wrong and each has lost its important reason? If Zhongzheng is only asked to test the ethics of the people, the ethics of the people should be done.
Jun, Si can be an official. What is it? If a husband is filial to his family, wouldn't he be loyal to the official? If benevolence and resentment are called among the nine tribes, wouldn't it be enough to serve in politics? If he acts righteously in the township party, won't he be unworthy of doing anything?
?Three of them are based on Zhongzheng. Although they are not given official names, they can be known by their appointment as officials.
There are big and small actions, and there are high and low proportions, so the currents that are assigned to them are also clearly differentiated. Xi will make the opportunity for Zhongzheng Qian Quanquan balanced at the bottom, and those who hold the power will be entrusted to the top, and the top and bottom will invade, so as to
Is there a mistake in life? Let's go to the pavilion to test whether the merit is correct. Each of the officials has its own officials. They test each other day and night. Don't worry about it. The discussion of Lu Yan is based on the will of the judge, so that the craftsman loses his position.
People are scared and want to have quiet customs. How can they get it? Tiantai County is far away and everyone is desperate. What you get is even closer. Who doesn't modify it to get what you want? If there is a way to get what you want, then you have built your own house.
It is no longer as good as reaching out to the township party. It is no longer as good as seeking it from the state and state. Those who seek to succeed in the state are no longer as good as trying to find a way, but they are pretending to be true and deviating from the original.
.How can it be that the commanders and commanders are assigned their own positions, and the officials will be divided according to whether their subordinates can present the towers and towers. The towers and towers will be based on whether the officials are able to offer them, and the virtues of the village will be taken into consideration to compare them, so as not to be biased.
Zhongzheng means only to examine their deeds, distinguish their high and low, judge their generation, and do not promote or demote them. In short, if they are simplified or there are mistakes, then their responsibilities can be handled freely.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The official's order, the upright generation, the comparison will be used according to the situation. If it is not appropriate, the responsibility is outside. However, the internal and external are related, the gains and losses are related, and we should check each other's appearance.
, who can match each other? If people are calm and affairs are in order, common people can calm down customs and judge the talents of officials."
The preface of this preface clearly states that the foundation of the country and the country lies in the employment of people, and the employment system is naturally the top priority. Then the article directly criticizes the current Zhongzheng system. He believes that Chen Chong's reform has added left and right Zhongzheng for many years.
, but there are still "Burmese and Burmese, but they are not neatly organized", which has led to chaos in the DPRK and China where "these are divided and mixed, and each has lost its important point." This shows that Chen Chong's reforms were not successful.
So the article further analyzes why it failed? The main reason is that the superiors interfered too much in the Zhongzheng system, resulting in the selection trend not coming from the clear opinions of the townships and counties, but more influenced by the superior bureaucrats. The author criticized this phenomenon, saying
This is "invasion from above and below, resulting in chaos", which leads to unrest in customs. In order to compete for fame and fortune, people are not willing to be pragmatic about loyalty and filial piety, but focus on grooming and flattering. Those selected by the country are all flatterers.
The bully villain.
Therefore, the article advocates that it is hoped that the imperial court will further decentralize the power of selection, shift the focus of inspections to listening to the opinions of townships and counties, and then exclude local governors, so that they can "calm down customs and judge officials' talents."
After the preface, the author wrote more than 3,000 words eloquently. Because the content is too long, the author can only give a brief description. The author combines character and official talent, and summarizes four customs for evaluating personnel, namely "talent and talent"
"The same", "the same talent and nature", "the separation of talents", "different talents". "The same talent and nature" means that the character and the official are consistent, which is the highest state; "the same talent and nature" means that the character and the official are consistent.
Comprehensive assessment of talents is the upper-middle realm; "caixingli" means only examining official talents and not character, which is the middle-lower realm; "talent-different" means choosing people based on their talents even if they know that they have low character.
For the lower realm.
The author also discusses that these four customs and phenomena are mainly affected by the state's inspection and promotion policy. If the state pays more attention to virtues and etiquette, scholars will pay more attention to their own cultivation, and then achieve "the combination of talent and nature".
", or even in the realm of "equal talent and sex", if the country does not pay attention to morality, loyalty and filial piety, but only selects talents based on their talents, then the scholars will bend the rules and only focus on flattery, but instead "talent and sex are separated".
"It directly slips into "differences in talent and sex." And if the selected officials have no moral integrity, do not know how to be filial to their parents, and do not know how to care for their children, how can we expect them to do useful things for the country? The more talented such people are
, will only bring greater disaster to the country.
Then the author cited scriptures and reviewed the decline of Confucian classics and the bankruptcy of famous religions during the period of Emperor Huanling. He pointed out that talented people were everywhere at that time but the country could not use them, and the legacy is still there today. Finally, he concluded that Yin Jian is not far away. If the imperial court
Failure to realize the seriousness of this problem and failure to promptly adjust the academic, political, and scholarly styles will most likely lead to traitors like Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao appearing in the country again. By then it will be too late!
After Chen Chong read the full article, he did not speak immediately. He closed his eyes and meditated for a while. After adjusting his mind, he slowly asked Fu Qiandao: "Who wrote this article? How was the response in Taixue?"
Fu Qian saw Chen Chong's expression, and realized that this matter was not trivial. He said softly: "This article was written by Liu Jing and Liu Wengong of Pei State. He is the son of Liu Fu, the former governor of Bohai. He is now a doctor in Taixue and is the author of "Ouyang".
"Shangshu"." As for the influence of "The Four Treatises on Caixing" in Taixue, Fu Qian considered it and said: "This article was written three months ago, and now it has really reverberated among the younger generations, and almost everyone can recite it. It's just that
Many old people don't like it, so it hasn't become mainstream yet."
After hearing this, Chen Chong tapped the table with his palm and picked up the article again. He was speechless for a moment. The weight of the paper in his hand was extremely light, but he seemed to hold a thousand pieces of it.