Chapter 174: The Foundation of All Ages (3) [Two in One]
"Your Majesty, Tangshe from Weishi County, please bring the letter of recommendation from Prince Chengling and ask to see your Majesty in front of the palace gate."
In the Ganlu Hall, the great eunuch Gao He bowed and spoke.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was busy practicing calligraphy in the study. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "Good guy, even this big fish exploded."
Who is in Tangshe?
Let’s put it this way, Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, was a disciple of Tang Wei, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Tang She was Tang Wei’s younger brother. This man served successively as Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment. Later, due to his physical condition,
He had no choice but to resign from office to recuperate from illness. Before resigning, he elected Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, who can be said to be the legacy of the Ministry of Punishment and the flagpole of Legalism.
It is said that this old man is seventy-six years old this year. Zhao Hongrun thought he had died long ago, but he never expected that he was still alive and well, and was even shocked by Du You's insults in the air.
"Du Qing is in big trouble now."
Zhao Hongrun smiled heartlessly.
Because in terms of seniority in the officialdom, Tang She was one generation higher than Du You. Even though Du You was already around sixty years old, in front of the old man, he was still a junior who bowed and saluted.
If Tang She leaned on his cane and scolded Du You, it would be hard for the latter to talk back.
After hearing this, the eunuch Gao He said with a smile: "In fact, Tang She has already visited Du Shangshu's house. In the end, Lord Du personally sent the old man out of the house. As for whether those two people showed up at the house.
It’s unclear if there was a quarrel... However, it is said that Tang She later visited Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and people said that he seemed to have reprimanded the Minister of Punishment severely.”
"oh?"
Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised. He touched his chin and thought about it carefully, and then he suddenly understood.
He originally thought that Tang She would have a conflict with Du You, but when he thought about it carefully, he had already handed over the teaching materials of the "National School" to the Ministry of Rites, and Tang She was obviously here to promote Legalism.
, of course he would not offend Du You, the chief of the Ministry of Rites.
But Tang Zheng is different. Tang Zheng, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, although he is not a disciple of Zhou Yan, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, he is also promoted by Zhou Yan and is also a disciple of Legalism. Tang She treats Tang Zheng in terms of seniority.
Just as we treat our grandchildren, we certainly have no scruples in reprimanding Tang Zheng. How could it be that Tang Zheng, a Legalist disciple, was indifferent to the matter of "adding Legalist scholarship to the national school textbooks" and missed the opportunity to promote Legalism.
Therefore, Tang Zheng should be the worst offender. He really couldn't fight back when he was hit or scolded, so he could only stay close to him.
"Hey hey hey."
After laughing twice, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Go in person and bring the old man to the Ganlu Hall."
"Yes!" The eunuch Gao He bowed and retreated.
About half an hour later, Gao He left and came back. Behind him was an old man with white hair and beard, holding a cane. This old man was visually estimated to be about fifty years old, with sideburns.
The old man helped him, who was slightly gray.
Zhao Run took a look and judged that the older man should be Tangshe from Weishi County, and the younger man might be his son or nephew, who was not young anyway.
"You two, this is our monarch of the Wei Dynasty."
Perhaps seeing the slow reaction of these two people, the eunuch Gao He coughed and gave a kind reminder.
After hearing this, the old man tremblingly handed the crutch to his son or nephew who was supporting him, and wanted to kowtow to the ground and salute: "Wei's Tangshe, pay homage to me, the lord of the Wei Dynasty..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and motioned to the eunuch Gao He to support him, eliminating the need to bow down.
He really couldn't bear to have an old man who was old enough to be his grandfather bow to him.
"You don't need to be polite to the elderly."
Zhao Hongrun smiled and waved his hand, and motioned to the little eunuch waiting beside him to bring a stool so that the Tangshe could sit down and reply. After all, the old man was too old.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Tangshe thanked him, sat on the stool and took a few deep breaths, while he secretly looked at the young monarch in front of him.
He was a Wei minister during the reign of King Zhao Kang of Wei, and retired during the reign of the late king Zhao Si. Although he cannot be called a veteran of the three dynasties, he can be regarded as having witnessed the three generations of Wei monarchs, Zhao Kang, Zhao Si, and Zhao Run.
Needless to say, Zhao Kang was the most ignorant monarch in the history of Wei State. At that time, Wei State, which was able to unite the Wei Kingdom to resist South Korea, caused the decline of its national power and became a second-rate country.
In comparison, the late king Zhao Si, who had always been stained because he killed his father to seize the throne, was the master of the ZTE. He worked hard for more than 20 years to clean up the mess left by his father Zhao Kang and gradually restored the Wei state to its full strength.
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As for the current monarch, Zhao Run, he is truly a wiser and more powerful monarch than the late king Zhao Si. Although it is said that he has a more violent temper than the then King of Yu, Zhao Yuandai.
They must also admit that with this monarch sitting in Wei, the Wei people feel at ease.
After a few words of greeting, Zhao Hongrun learned that the old man next to Tang She was none other than his eldest son Tang Ji. This 'young man', he respectfully handed the letter of recommendation from Chengling King Zhao Shen to the eunuch Gao He.
The latter transferred it to Zhao Run.
Zhao Run glanced at the recommendation letter presented to him and said with a smile: "If the old man wants to see me in the future, he can just come directly to the palace, no need for anyone to ask for help."
He knew without looking that this letter of recommendation must be from Chengling King Zhao Shen, because with Tang She's reputation, there was no need to fake it - as long as he made a request, Chengling King Zhao Shen would never refuse this respected old man.
These words made Tang She very happy, but he did not dare to take them seriously.
If it were the former king Zhao Si, he might come straight to see him. After all, Zhao Si and he also had a relationship between emperor and minister. However, the new king Zhao Run has no friendship with him. In addition, Zhao Run has a good reputation outside (not among the public).
No, many people have accused him of being deviant and arrogant, especially the conflict between Zhao Run and Zhao Tairu, the elder of the Zhao family.
Even the late king Zhao Si had to honor Zhao Tairu as his uncle. Zhao Run once scolded him as an "old thing" when he was not yet the monarch of Wei. Zhao Tairu also scolded him as a "rebellious member of the Zhao clan." This made Zhao Run once
The reputation among the Wei royal family and nobles became very bad.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle Zhao Laiyu later intervened and gradually won over a group of royal families. The nobles supported Zhao Run, which gradually improved Zhao Run's reputation in this area. However, many people still mistakenly thought that Zhao Run was an arrogant and domineering person.
A person who has no scruples.
Just like Tang She, his prestige was enough for Zhao Run to meet him, but Tang She still entrusted Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, who had a good relationship with Zhao Run, to write a letter of recommendation to facilitate this meeting.
But when he actually met Zhao Run, Tang She realized that the young monarch in front of him was not as arrogant and domineering as the rumors spread - he was obviously a very humble monarch.
In fact, many people had similar feelings when they first met Zhao Run. They felt that this monarch was not as strong and domineering as the rumors. In fact, the reason was very simple, because there was no conflict of interest between them, otherwise Zhao Hongrun would let them realize that he
Being called the most domineering monarch in the history of the Wei Kingdom is by no means an unearned reputation.
However, Tang She could not see the other side of Zhao Run, because they had no conflict of interest: "I heard that His Majesty issued an edict a few days ago to open national schools in thirty major cities across the country. I thought that this would be a great success...
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Next, there was a lot of praise for Zhao Run, which made Zhao Hongrun laugh secretly in his heart.
Sure enough, just as Zhao Hongrun had guessed, after Tang She praised him for a long time, he stammered out his purpose: he hoped that the imperial court would add Legalist books to the teaching materials of thirty national schools across the country.
"I'll think about it."
Zhao Hongrun did not agree immediately.
It's not that he deliberately made things difficult for Tang She. Zhao Run was just weighing the pros and cons to see how he could use this matter to benefit the court and the state of Wei.
Tang She was slightly disappointed, but obviously the monarch in front of him was different from Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment. He could not beat, scold or reprimand. The only thing he could do was to wait for Zhao Run's reply.
When Tang She said goodbye, Zhao Run personally escorted him out of the Manna Hall and asked Tang She's address in good faith. If he didn't have a place to stay, he would send someone to arrange it.
However, Tang She declined politely, because he had accepted the invitation of Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, and planned to live in the Tang Mansion. Zhao Hongrun estimated that these Legalist disciples were probably gathering to discuss countermeasures to see if there was a way to bring Legalism to the throne.
His books were included in the textbooks of the national high school.
Sure enough, that night, Tang Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, invited many Legalist disciples in the court, mainly officials from the Ministry of Punishment, but also officials from Dali Temple, and even Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion, who had a very poor reputation.
Was invited.
What surprised Zhao Run the most was that his Zongwei Zhou Pu, a guy from Zongwei, actually got into the gathering of Legalist disciples.
You must know that Zhou Pu is not a person who respects the Legalist school at all. This smiling tiger simply has some kind of hobby in torturing people.
While the Legalist disciples were gathering, Liu Shu, an official of the Ministry of Personnel, also visited Zheng Tu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
During the private meeting between the two, Liu Shu said to Zheng Tu: "Legalist disciples are currently gathering at Tang Shangshu's house, and we must also be prepared."
As for the gathering, even though Liu Shu didn't mention it, Zheng Tu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, knew it well.
Isn't it the "National School" thing that has been causing quite a stir recently?
Zheng Tu was silent when he heard this.
The debate between Confucianism and Legalism has lasted for a long time. Unlike Mohism and Farmers, Legalism has always been a strong opponent of Confucianism. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. No one is willing to be a disciple of Confucianism and Legalism.
Academically weak.
The problem is that since the death of He Mei, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, the influence of Confucianism in the court has plummeted. In addition, the Legalists have invited the old man Tang She. It has to be said that this has made Zheng Tu and Liu Shu
Others feel great pressure.
What's more important is that he, Zheng Tu, is not very favored by the young monarch. What should he do?
Regarding this, Liu Shu whispered: "As far as I know, Zhang Yi from Pingqiu, Lu Xu from Zhongmou, Yan Lie from Xinzheng, etc., these are the great Confucian sages in the opposition who are also coming after hearing about this.
en route……"
Zheng Tu blinked his eyes, not knowing what to say.
You should know that Zhang Yi of Pingqiu, Lu Xu of Zhongmou, Yan Lie of Xinzheng and others are certainly great sages of their time in Confucianism, but the problem is that they are all unintentional officials who just study knowledge at home and teach later.
People like Tang She, who once served as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and whose brother was the former Minister of the Ministry of Justice, may be equally famous, but their influence in the court is probably far inferior.
After listening to Zheng Tu's concerns, Liu Shu smiled and said: "Has Master Shangshu forgotten Lin Yuyang, Feng Yu, Wen Qi, and Jie Zizi in the inner dynasty? Has he also forgotten Kou Zheng and Liu Bing in Fenyin? And also
Luo Yao from Anyi? These are all my Confucian disciples!"
Zheng Tu frowned and nodded slightly.
Indeed, Liu Shu was right, but Zheng Tu still felt that the influence of these people in the court was not small, but in terms of academic circles, these people could only be regarded as juniors, and they were not enough to compete with Tang Dynasty.
Shena and other old things can compete.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Anyway, let's get in touch first."
After that, Liu Shu and Zheng Tu had another discussion before leaving.
In the evening of the next day, Zheng Tu went to visit the minister of the Inner Dynasty, Jie Zizi. After all, the latter was obviously the future chief minister of the Inner Dynasty. Zheng Tu of course had to gain the support of Jie Zizi.
After a conversation, Jie Ziyu nodded and said: "What Zheng Shangshu said is absolutely true. Since the Legalist disciples have made preparations, I, the Confucian disciples, must not fall behind... However, Jie Ziyu is still young and lacks qualifications.
Forgive me for not daring to order my Confucian disciples, but I'd better wait until the few sages in the opposition arrive in Daliang and ask them to take charge of the overall situation."
To be honest, with the degree of favor that Jie Ziu enjoys in front of Wei Wang Zhao Run, I am afraid that only Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other clan guards can compare with him at this time. But it is a pity that seniority is very important among schools of thought. Although Jie Ziu is the king of Wei Zhao Run,
He is the imperial minister of the Inner Dynasty, and he may even have a great chance to succeed Du You, the Minister of Rites, as the chief minister of the Inner Dynasty in the future. However, for now, at his young age, he is not yet old enough to become a banner figure of Confucianism.
Zheng Tu said it several times, but when Jie Ziu repeatedly tried to shirk it, Zheng Tu no longer insisted. He just asked Jie Ziu to contact Kou Zheng, Luo Yao, and Liu Bing, who were already waiting for him, and hoped that they would speak out to support Confucianism.
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Of course it is understandable to support one's own school of thought.
Within ten days, after receiving the letter from Jie Zigui, Kou Zheng, the commander of Fenyin County, Liu Bingji, the Prime Minister of Fenyin County, and Luo Yao of Anyi, etc., all went to the court to request that Confucian books be added to the national system.
In the textbooks of the school, Kou Zheng even wrote an article on governing the country with Confucianism. Although it is not as gorgeous as the article written by Wenqi, in terms of constructive opinions, it is far from comparable to Wenqi.
At the same time, the Legalist disciples in the court had already written many articles on governing the country according to law and submitted them to Ganlu Hall.
To be honest, this was something that Zhao Hongrun had not expected before. He had never imagined that he asked the Ministry of Rites to tinker with a few enlightenment books, but it would cause such a big incident.
It can only be said that there are indeed many smart people in this world. Many people have predicted the influence of the "National Academy" in the Wei State in the future, so they extremely hope to ride on this ride and make their school of thought prosper.
A few days later, in view of Wei Wang Zhao Run's delay in replying, the disciples of the Confucian and Legalist families inevitably started to argue.
One said that Confucianism was good, and the other said that Confucianism was good. The quarrel was so intense that in the end even Chu Shuli, the official of the Daliang Mansion who went to break up the fight, was involved - yes, Chu Shuli was also a disciple of Confucianism.
Later, the new Qingzheng of Dali Temple, Yang Yu, noticed that something was wrong: Okay, are you the only Confucian disciples who have power?
Without saying a word, Yang Yu took the troops from Dali Temple to support the Legalists.
Not to mention, Daliang Mansion, as the government office responsible for public security in Liangdu, is really inferior compared to Dali Temple.
But when the imperial censor also came forward to favor the Confucian children, the momentum of Dali Temple was inevitably blocked.
There is no way, the status of the Yushijian is too special, not to mention the Dali Temple, even the backer behind the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, cannot afford to offend him - after all, he is an official.
Not only did the speech officials in the Yushijian have the special power of "speech without guilt", but they were also very good at scolding. The two parties quarreled until they started shouting at each other in the distance. Except for Zhang Qigong, Zhou Min and other young Legalists,
This disciple can still withstand the accident, but the other disciples of the Legal family really can't withstand it.
In fact, during the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism, the Mohists, famous scholars, etc. also expressed their voices, but their influence was too small and they were completely suppressed by the dispute between Confucianism and Legalism.
Seeing these usually gentle and elegant scholars standing in the street arguing and cursing, the people of Daliang found it very interesting and gathered around to watch.
A few days later, Gao Kuo, the Zuodu Lieutenant of Tiance Mansion, couldn't stand it anymore. He led a group of Qingya people to arrest all the Confucian and Legalist disciples who were disturbing the public order in Daliang and sent them to the prison of Tiance Mansion - they should have been arrested.
I went to Daliang Mansion, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment, but the situation this time was special.
Unfortunately, the literati seemed to have hard bones, or in other words, they did not think that Wei Wang Zhao Run would accuse him because of the conflict between their academic schools. Therefore, although many people on both sides were arrested, the momentum of both sides was not at all
Not reduced.
It is worth mentioning that in the past few days, many officials from Daliang Mansion, Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of Personnel were arrested by Tiance Mansion, which became an interesting thing that the people of Daliang talked about after dinner.
Seeing that the situation could not be controlled, Gao Kuo, the left captain of Tiance Mansion, went to the palace to meet with Wei Wang Zhao Run and said to the latter: "Your Majesty, I think this matter needs to be judged early. If you don't come forward, I'm afraid the situation will be out of control."
In response, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said nothing.
To be honest, it was not that he had not seen the chaos in Daliang City these days, but he had no intention of intervening.
The reason is very simple, because this chaos, which he thinks is just a farce, has affected the hearts of hundreds of academic schools in the world. The bigger this incident becomes, the greater the reputation of the Wei State - this can also be called
The literary world is prosperous!
"Those people arrested by Tiance Mansion should be released after giving verbal warnings...just wait." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.
Gao Kuo couldn't guess what His Majesty was waiting for, but since His Majesty ordered his release, he had no choice but to comply.
So that afternoon, Gao Kuo ordered the release of the disciples of the Confucian and Legalist families.
At that time, the Confucian and Legalist disciples who came after hearing the news welcomed back their companions who had been captured in Tiance Mansion like heroes. Gao Kuo shook his head.
Of course, before leaving, the two families inevitably had another quarrel in front of the Tiance Mansion.
About half a month later, literati from South Korea, Chu State, Qi State, Song County, especially Lu State, rushed to Wei State one after another, either to promote their own ideas or to support the people of the same school in Wei State.
, which makes Daliang even more noisy. In the streets, teahouses, and wine shops, you can definitely see people from different schools debating, quarreling, and quarreling with each other.
Don't say that a gentleman talks but doesn't take action. In fact, these literati will take action when they can't convince the other party or are angered by the other party - of course, neither of them will admit that it is a fight.
It has to be said that this was the worst public security situation in Daliang in recent years after a large number of Wei State knights entered the Wei State. In the end, even the Imperial Guards were alerted and were stationed in the streets and alleys of Daliang to avoid
Those literati fought with each other regardless of severity, resulting in life-threatening lawsuits.
"It's almost done..."
After learning the report from the Imperial Guard and Tiance Mansion, Zhao Run secretly nodded.
The reason why he had previously been indifferent to the chaos caused by the Confucianism, Legalism and other schools of thought was because he hoped to make this matter more lively and attract more opposition talents from the Wei State, and even talents from other countries.
But now, talents from all walks of life come to Wei State with their own ideas, either actively or passively, and come to a big bowl called Wei State.
Zhao Run's goal was achieved.
As for the next step, it is to control the heat and stew these people into a pot of porridge.
On that day, Zhao Run issued an edict in Chui Gong Hall, deciding to add books from hundreds of schools of thought to the teaching materials of the "National School" to educate the people.
As soon as this order came out, the children of hundreds of families jumped for joy and cheered, as if they had won a battle with them.
Seeing this scene, Du You, the Minister of Rites, shook his head secretly: These people were betrayed by His Majesty without knowing it, and thought that His Majesty was forced to give in due to their entreaties.
But when he thought of himself, Du You couldn't help but laugh at himself.
It turned out that a while ago, several sons of the political strategist came to visit Du You and begged Du You to help the political strategist. Du You agreed to the matter immediately.
Yes, even if he could clearly see behind the whole thing, it was actually the young monarch who was fueling the flames. Du You had to be honest and even willing to climb into the bowl.
The next day, King Zhao Run of Wei issued another edict in Chui Gong Hall, deciding to select four schools of thought as majors and eight schools as minors as teaching materials for the "National School", with a total of twelve places.
As for which schools of thought these twelve places would be allocated to, King Zhao Run of Wei decided to have the Ministry of Rites set up an academic discussion to select which schools would be beneficial to making the country strong and let the disciples of each school organize their own affairs as soon as possible.
Outline of Thoughts.
After learning about this, the disciples of each school did not bother to quarrel and started fighting. One by one, they either stayed behind closed doors or discussed with their colleagues that they needed to get a place, preferably one of the four majors.
Once they win the quota, they will be the heroes of their own school. Maybe future generations will refer to them as "zi" and their reputation will last forever.
This sincerity is the work of thousands of years and the foundation of eternity!
No matter for the children of these schools, or for the state of Wei.