Chapter 350 Overt and covert struggles between aristocratic families
Seeing that the emperor's face was somewhat displeased, Liu Yan could only explain himself even though he was unhappy because he was a member of the Han clan.
"This is not when a son becomes successful. Zong Zheng, as a father, is naturally very happy."
"This is human nature. I hope Your Majesty will not blame you for being disrespectful in front of the main hall!"
Liu Hong nodded when he heard this!
In these days, under the arrangement of the great scholar Dong Zhongshu, Liu Che's name of filial piety has spread throughout Luoyang.
You must know that the Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety. Filial piety is the foundation of a person's life, filial piety is the foundation of family harmony, and filial piety is the foundation of national well-being. In ancient society, any laws, morals, and customs are no bigger than the word "filial piety". p>
In the eleventh year of Emperor Gao's reign, which was 196 BC, Liu Bang issued an edict to seek talents and recommended from the prefectures and counties "virtuous officials" who had the ability to govern the country, which was the first of its kind in the Han Dynasty.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che adopted the suggestion of Dong Zhongshu, the head of Confucianism, and issued an order in the first year of Yuanguang to inspect and promote one person each year for filial piety and integrity.
Soon after, this kind of examination and examination was commonly known as the examination of filial piety and integrity, and became the most important annual examination subject in the examination and examination system of the Han Dynasty. The so-called "famous officials and ministers are more numerous", which was an important source of government officials in the Han Dynasty.
Xiaolian means being filial to your parents and acting with integrity.
It is precisely because of the foreshadowing of the predecessors that the culture of filial piety has become a universal value throughout the Han Dynasty. If you want to be an official, you must be filial, and if you want to be famous, you must be filial.
Even if you meet a robber, as long as you say that you are a filial son, most robbers will not dare to touch you.
For example, Qianzhao was a student of Leyin from the same county when he was more than ten years old. During the Zhongping period, Leyin served as the chariot general He Miao, and Qianzhao continued to follow him until he completed his studies.
After the Shichangshi Rebellion, He Miao and Le Yin were killed. Qianzhao and Le Yin's disciple Shi Lu and others risked their lives to collect Le Yin's body and take him back home.
Encountering bandits on the road, Shi Lu and others fled in all directions. Lianzhao cried and begged. The bandits thought he was a righteous man and let him go. From this, Lianzhao became famous.
This is the current situation of Dahan.
It can be said that in the Han Dynasty, when commenting on a person's character, filial piety was definitely ranked first.
Even the posthumous title given to the emperor after his death must include the word "filial piety".
For example, Liu Che is kneeling in Yuntai Pavilion now. His posthumous name in his previous life was Xiaowu.
His grandson in his previous life, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Bing, died, and his posthumous name was Xiaoxuan.
As for Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, who had a bad reputation and was looked down upon by future generations, his posthumous title was also Xiaoling.
Not only that, half of the stories of the "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" that are still sung in China today took place during the Han Dynasty. This shows how terrible the influence of filial piety culture was in the Han Dynasty.
Let's not talk about the distant ones, but take the close ones as an example. Yuan Shao, who is now famous, was born as a concubine. Because he was his stepfather and stepmother, he had to observe mourning for six years, so he became famous and had the capital to compete with his legitimate son Yuan Shu. p>
If the current Yuan Shu had not been possessed by the soul of King Chuzhuang, causing his reputation to be suppressed by Yuan Shu, if historical development had continued, I am afraid his reputation would have been even higher.
Liu Yu also knew that his children were indeed filial, but this filial piety was reflected in his late wife. For this reason, he changed from a playboy to a famous general who wanted to fight on the battlefield.<
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"Qing has a very good upbringing, and having such filial and loving descendants should be a blessing to the Han family!" Liu Honggao sat upright and looked at Liu Che, who was only in his twenties. The admiration in his eyes was not concealed at all. p>
As the saying goes, people will die when comparing with others, and goods will be thrown away when comparing goods. If Liu Che is a dragon among men, then his son is a worm among men.
Liu Hong couldn't help but get angry when he thought of his frivolous behavior and the lack of any grace. As a prince of a big man, this boy knew how to chase the eunuchs and eunuchs all day long, trying to play with each other's little things.
Simply...
When he thought of this, Liu Hong became so unhappy that he stopped drinking the tea. He placed the cup in his hand on the low table and then turned his attention to Taiwei Yang Ci, who was about to fall asleep, and then said
: "Does Mr. Yang still have any memorials?"
Hearing Liu Hong's inquiry, Yang Ci, who had been dozing off, suddenly woke up. Although he was already in his early seventies, his eyes were still bright and clear, and he did not look old at all!
"Your Majesty, I still don't agree with Taifu's words. The Yellow Turbans are powerful, but in just five days, they have united millions of people. Even if they mobilized all the imperial guards Yulin and the five schools of the Northern Army, they want to completely pacify the bandits.
It’s not an easy task either.”
"Besides, if the five schools of the Northern Army and the Imperial Guard Yu Lin are all transferred to the army, then the defense of the Gyeonggi Sili will inevitably be empty."
"In just five days, the Yellow Turban Army was able to reach this point. It shows that there are capable people among them, otherwise it would be impossible to reach this point."
"Therefore, in my opinion, the Yellow Turban Army has a backup plan in Siliding, just to take advantage of the fact that there is no one available in the capital and suddenly start a rebellion. If this is the case, wouldn't it put His Majesty in danger?"
As the saying goes, people become better with age, and who can achieve the status of Taiwei is a good candidate. Yang Ci only made a brief analysis, and he can make people see that the Yellow Turban Army is not simple, and let Liu Hong deal with this matter.
Be cautious.
As for what he said after that, he showed his sharpness, pointed at Sang and Huai, and pointed at Yuan Wei, the head of the Yuan family as the Taifu, in order to put the emperor in danger.
Yang Ci and Yuan Wei, one is the head of the Yang family in Hongnong, and the other is the head of the Yuan family in Runan. If divided by region, they are the Guanxi family and the Guandong family.
The aristocratic families are not monolithic. They often fight openly and secretly to try to win or lose. However, in terms of external relations, the aristocratic families in the world are surprisingly consistent.
And all of this is naturally related to Liu Xiu.
This great mage, the son of the plane, originally made compromises with the aristocratic family in order to better end the troubled times in the world, and the emperor of the Liu family shared the world with the aristocratic family.
After unifying the world, Liu Xiu launched a counterattack against the aristocratic family, but at this time, the aristocratic family had become a climate, and Liu Xiu's counterattack failed, but it still had an effect, and the rights of the aristocratic family were weakened to a certain extent.
It's a pity that at this time, even paper was not used, and knowledge was monopolized by aristocratic families. After Liu Xiu's death, after nearly a hundred years of development, the imperial examination system had evolved into a plaything of aristocratic families.
Even at some point, the authority of the Liu family emperor was not as powerful as that of the aristocratic family after leaving Gyeonggi Sili.
Of course, this was not only the case in the Han Dynasty, but also in the early Tang Dynasty. After all, the power of aristocratic families was too great, and more than 80% of the officials in the world were descendants of aristocratic families.
All I can say is, boss, don’t talk about second child.
Li Er also has to thank Wu Zetian and Huang Chao. If it weren't for them, the family would still exist.
Uh, I digressed, let’s get back to the topic.
For more than a hundred years after Liu Xiu, the imperial examination system was controlled by aristocratic families, which resulted in many children of aristocratic families in the court. Not only was their power not weakened by the court, but it reached the peak of power.
Among the aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Yuan family of Runan, and the Wang family of Taiyuan were the leaders.
The Yuan family in Runan started with Yuan An's promotion of filial piety and incorruptibility in the snow. Later, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozhang, he succeeded Fifth Lun as Sikong, who retired from office. From then on, the Yuan family reached the present Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, a total of four generations.
People, there have been five people who are ranked among the three nobles.
Because of this, the Yuan family became prominent for a time and was respected as the Four Generations and Three Dukes.
As for the Wang family in Taiyuan, Wang Xuan's father Wang Yin fought on the battlefield for the Han Dynasty and was awarded the title of Taiwei, one of the three princes, for his merit. Wang Xuan and Wang Teng also served as Taiwei for their merit.
Although they have resigned now, there is still Situ Wang Yun in the court. What's more, their Wang family belongs to a martial arts family and controls hundreds of thousands of troops and horses.
On this point alone, even the Yang family of Hongnong and the Yuan family of Runan cannot compare with them. After all, the army is the last word.
The Hongnong Yang family naturally comes from Chiquanhou Yang Xi, who killed Xiang Yu and contributed to the founding of the Han Dynasty!
In the early Han Dynasty, the power of the Yang family was very average. It was not until the reign of Emperor Xiaozhao of the Han Dynasty that the head of the Yang family, Sima Qian's son-in-law Yang Chang, was worshiped as prime minister, and the Yang family began to rise.
Since the great-great-grandson Yang Zhenguan worshiped the great Han Taiwei and was known as "Kuanxi Confucius", his sons Yang Bing and Sun Yang Ci were both Taiwei. It can be said that by Yang Ci's generation, they can be regarded as three generations and three princes, only one generation behind the Yuan family. As for Yang Ci's son Yang Biao, because he exposed Wang Fu, he is now a member of the imperial court. With the prestige of the Yang family and Yang Biao's personal ability, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can be honored as an official.
Fulfill the great dream of four generations and three princes.
It's just that the current Yang family is only the third generation and the three nobles. In terms of reputation, they are just a head shorter than the rising star of the Runan Yuan family, so Yang Ci naturally doesn't like the Yuan family.
As for the Wang family, their family is also the Three Generations and Three Dukes. Even if Wang Yu can obtain it through military exploits in the future, it will take more than ten years. After all, he is only a teenager now.
Besides, the Wang family and the Yang family both belong to the Guanxi aristocratic family, and their relationship is quite good on the surface. Therefore, the Yang family is very friendly to the Wang family, but is very targeted towards the Yuan family. All suggestions are made by members of the Yuan family.
The Yang family all opposed political opinions.
Therefore, in the Yuntai Pavilion, when Liu Hong asked Zhang Jiao for the Yellow Turban uprising that swept through twelve states and more than a hundred counties in the Han Dynasty, and asked the three princes for advice, Yuan Wei, the then Taifu, immediately suggested that the emperor send out all the Imperial Guard Yu
Lin Jun and the elite five schools of the Northern Army went to counter the rebellion.
The reason why Yuan Wei made such a suggestion in Yuntai Pavilion was naturally for his nephew Yuan Shu. More than a hundred years have passed since the rise of Guangwu in the Han Dynasty. Not only did officials become corrupted rapidly, but even the military equipment continued to slacken.<
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It can be said that, looking at the world, except for the Bingzhou Army, Liangzhou Army, and Wang Chong's Liaodong Army, which are considered strong armies, other local armies are basically a bunch of rabble.
These armies have basically become private armies. Even if they want to come over, they are difficult to command. However, the Imperial Guards and the Northern Army who defend Luoyang are different. They not only have considerable combat effectiveness, but also facilitate Yuan Shu's operations.
Command operations.
After all, Yuan Shu is now serving as General Hu Ben, equivalent to the head of the Central Guard Corps in later generations of China, and is responsible for protecting the safety of the country's top leaders.
Such a position is very important and can be said to be of high authority. On this basis, Yuan Shu will be able to make great achievements.
Yang Ci also knew very well that with Yuan Shu's ability, this was indeed a good idea, but he didn't want Yuan Shu to make contributions. After all, the Yuan family already had four generations and three sons. If Yuan Shu was allowed to advance with his military exploits, wouldn't it be very likely that he would become
The Five Generations and Three Dukes.
Therefore, for the sake of the future of the family, Yang Ci had no choice but to object. However, his opposition was also well-founded and made it impossible for anyone to find fault with it.
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Seeing Yang Ci and Yuan Wei, two important ministers of the court, starting a quarrel directly in the Yuntai Pavilion, Liu Hong suddenly felt that he was completely full today, so he temporarily decided to summon the three men to have a chat.
Yes.
While these two people were quarreling, the others didn't speak at all. Xiao Mohe and Wang Yun were sitting on the short table. Sikong Zhangji was also old. They basically only seconded their opinions and did not put forward any reliable suggestions.
opinions.
When Liu Hong asked about Xiao Mohe and Wang Yun, two powerful Han ministers who had experience in commanding armies and had quite a record of success, they also started Tai Chi fights with each other, without wanting to say a word.
Xiao Mohe didn't know the specific situation of the Yellow Turban Army, so he didn't want to take the lead, lest he lose the benefits, while Wang Yun simply wanted to be a transparent person.
He wished that the Yellow Turban army would cause harm to the Han army, and after Wang Yu launched the Battle of Hetao, he would then lead the victory against the Yellow Turbans and unleash the strength of the Bingzhou Army.
Seeing that Wang Yun wanted to be a transparent person, Liu Hong knew that there was no point in counting on him, so he rubbed his aching head and said: "The words of several beloved ministers are not unreasonable."
"A few of you came here early in the morning and have been here until now. I'm afraid they are already tired. Why don't we all go back to rest and think about a charter. I will hold a court meeting tomorrow and the ministers will discuss it again."
Liu Hong directly issued the expulsion order, and his head was aching at this time, because there were basically no talented people around him. Xiao Mohe was a good man in marching and fighting, but it was really difficult for him to lay out any strategic plans.
It’s a bit hard for him!
As for He Jin, Liu Hong had given up hope on him, because this guy was just a stick and an exhibit. In order to support his brother-in-law, Liu Hong made him the Henan Yin, responsible for the government affairs of the entire Gyeonggi region.
The standards of ministers are being cultivated.
Not to mention that with training, his talents can become one-third of Huo Guang, or one-quarter of Wei Qing, at least he must become a useful minister.
But in the end, Liu Hong just called San Gong over for a small meeting to discuss strategies to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, but this girl actually came over in full armor.
Liu Hong asked him to take off his armor and offered him a seat and tea. This fool actually didn't understand what Liu Hong meant. Instead, he said with a proud look on his face: "Your Majesty, I am wearing armor and cannot sit down. How about I
