Above Xianyang Beiban, the Tingwei Official Office is right next to the Fengchang Official Office. After late September, every morning, the law officials who like quiet can always hear the chatter of the Confucian scholars next door.
Le, who was wearing the Xie Zhi crown, was a little dissatisfied. He was originally the warden of Anlu. He had been a military judge in the Heifu Army since the six kingdoms were wiped out. Now he was promoted to Tingweizheng, the second in command of the Tingwei official office, and the person in charge of decision-making.
Doubtful Prison, and Hei Fu took the decision, took Le as his surname, and also added a name:
Pleasure...
Le Po was a little dissatisfied and complained to Hui next to him: "Fengchang has become the territory of Confucian scholars. No matter who Confucian scholar comes to seek refuge, they will all go there."
"It's a little noisy."
Hui is more than 20 years old. He is the second son of Anlu Xijun. He previously served as a military judge in the army. Now he is the left prisoner of Tingwei, in charge of arrests. Some time ago, he copied the private "Qin Ji" and slandered him.
The old historian's family who was the regent was the one who came out.
This young man was taciturn, but Le was just as talkative as before. Now during his break from work, he would talk to Hui about the origins of those Confucian scholars while eating and resting.
"A group of doctors are the doctors left behind by the First Emperor and Hu Hai..."
Although doctors and Confucian scholars were suppressed due to the Fusu case, they still had to keep them to show off their appearance. At least they were not completely cancelled, and they were only left to eat casually. But suddenly one day, I don’t know what happened to Hu Hai’s brain, and he learned about the Kanto Incident.
Later, because most of the Confucian scholars were from Guandong, he sent someone to summon them and asked:
"What should the Chu garrison do when they attack Huainan and enter the East China Sea?"
At that time, the remaining thirty or so doctors all said: "We have no generals, and the generals will rebel, and there will be no pardon for the crime. Chu Di is responding to Heifu, and I hope your Majesty will send troops to attack him immediately."
Unexpectedly, Hu Hai just wanted to be an ostrich and could not accept the fact that Guandong and the South were rebelling together and the world was on the verge of collapse. He also wanted the Confucian scholars to comfort him, but he became angry when he heard this.
"So the then Taizhu Zhou Qingchen sold these thirty people together."
When Le talked about it, he still found it very funny.
"Zhou Qingchen said that what all the Confucianists said is false! Now that the world has been unified, all the defense weapons have been destroyed, and there is a wise master like the second emperor on the throne, there are complete laws and regulations, and all the officials sent out are loyal to their duties.
All directions are like spokes pointing towards the axis towards the imperial court. In this case, except for the thieves in the south...well, that's us."
"Anyway, who dares to cause trouble? Those people are just a group of thieves and are not worth mentioning. The governors and lieutenants everywhere can quickly arrest them and hold them accountable, so why worry?"
"So Hu Hai ignored the bandits of the Six Kingdoms of Guandong and asked Wang Ben to attack us."
"That's not all. Hu Hai also asked the then-Tingwei to question the more than 30 Confucian scholars and doctors one by one. Some of the Confucian scholars still said they were 'rebels', while others said they were 'thieves.' So Hu Hai asked the censor to
Those who rebelled were arrested and thrown into prison on the charge of "unbecoming speech". But those who said they were thieves were fine, and Zhou Qingchen was given twenty pieces of silk and promoted to Fengchang.
"
Hui was shocked to hear that there was such a stupid monarch in this world?
"No wonder Hu Hai was defeated and no one in Guanzhong was willing to serve."
Le smiled and said: "As a result, when Hu Hai was defeated, Zhou Qingchen was the first minister to go out of the city to greet the king!"
This...Hu Haiguo has the knowledge of what is right.
Le continued: "After we entered Xianyang, we discovered that most of the Confucian scholars in prison were tortured to death. It can be seen that the remaining group of doctors are all clever and flattering people, and they are facing Wu Zhonghou.
Sing praises, describe him as Shang Tang, Zhou Wu, quote from classics, and praise him."
"I felt embarrassed after hearing those words, but Wu Zhonghou just smiled and let the Confucian scholars continue to serve in Fengchang."
Le Da shook his head, he looked down upon these people the most.
"The other group of Confucian scholars was brought by Shusun Tong."
In February, Shusun Tong went to Jianghan to join Marquis Wuzhong. This man was a disciple of Confucius and had many contacts in Confucian circles. So in the next few months, as Heifu's army continued to advance northward,
Shusun Tong’s disciples, senior brothers, and friends came to join him one after another, contributing to the propaganda work, and dozens of people gathered...
But this group of people had no other abilities, but they still felt that their salaries were low, and complained that Shusun Tong did not recommend them to Marquis Wu Zhong, so that they could be used as highly as Lu Jia.
Hui couldn't help but said: "Lu Fengchang, everyone in his entourage has the power of lobbying, how can the vulgar scholars of his generation compare?"
The legal officials did not look down upon all Confucian scholars, but those like Lu Jia, who obtained high positions through lobbying, had nothing to say.
"No, Shusun Tong only recommended some warriors to Wu Zhonghou who he knew in Guanzhong in the past. The warriors in Guandong faced the complaints from the Confucian scholars. He said to them that Wu Zhonghou was fighting for the world with arrows and stones, and all living beings would rather fight.
?Therefore, I said in advance that I will kill the general who slapped the flag. I will never forget it if you are still alive..."
"This is true. What use are Confucian scholars in battle?"
Lexiao said: "It's all empty talk, and it won't be of much use after the war is over. However, the monarch still accepted Shusun Tong's recommendation and stuffed them all into Fengchang."
Lu Jia is now in charge of Fengchang and is in charge of the ancestral temple rituals.
Its subordinate officials include Tai Le, Tai Zhu, Tai Zai, Tai Shi, Tai Divination, and Tai Physician Liu Ling Cheng, who are respectively in charge of music, prayer, worship, astronomy and calendar, divination, and medical treatment. At the local level, there are also orders for temples, gardens, and food.
Chang Cheng, Yong Tai Zai, Tai Zhu Ling Cheng, each of the five ministers has a Wu Zhu, and the doctor is also under their management.
Taizhu and Taishi are concurrently held by Shusun Tong. He is considered Fengchang's second-in-command, more senior than Liang Qianshi. Recently, he has been in the limelight when revising the history books, and even led a group of Confucian scholars to become more and more arrogant.
Do you really think that after the court changed its owner, they would be able to make a comeback? It is said that this group of people began to show the same spirit as when Emperor Qin Shi Huang first unified, and often wrote memorials to Marquis Wu Zhong, advocating Zhou rites and feudalism.
Le couldn't help but complained to Heifu that day:
"Your Majesty, if this continues, Fengchang will soon turn into a cesspool!"
…
"Shit pit? In your eyes, Confucian scholars are just flies and maggots?"
This is the Confucian scholar in the eyes of the legal officials. After all, in their hearts, "Confucianism corrupts the law with literature", and Confucian scholars are the worms of the country and must be eliminated.
Heifu was happy. Confucianism and Legalism were old enemies and they could fight at any time. However, like Qin Shi Huangdi, he retained those Confucian scholars, which was really useful.
So Heifu asked: "Have you ever seen a sniper raising a sniper?"
Le nodded. Sniper is the name given to monkeys in the Chu region. People who earn money by playing tricks are called "snipers". He has also heard the story of a sniper who goes from morning to night...
But today, Heifu doesn't want to talk about the issue of going around and around today at this point.
"The sniper feeds the group snipers fruits, but the group snipers are naturally such that they are full of energy, make noise all day long, and get into trouble with the snipers. Do you know how to stop them from annoying the snipers?"
The musician waved down: "Chase it!"
"I want to let them do all kinds of tricks to entertain people, how can I drive them away? Let me tell you, just feeding them food is not enough. You have to throw them a toy and let them play on their own..."
"Wu Zhonghou means..."
"That's right." Hei Fu pointed at Feng Chang's official office in the distance: "Except Lu Jia and Shusun Tong, all the other scholars are also attacking."
Fengchang is a monkey mountain, full of monkeys of all sizes, with crowns on their heads.
Heifu said: "Do you know how a Confucian scholar can stop talking and making trouble all day long and advocating the Zhou rites?"
"It's very simple, find something for them to do!"
And now what Heifu is looking for for the scholars in Fengchang is to choose a posthumous title for Prince Gao, because he is the "Prince"...
Chinese people pay attention to the final conclusion of the coffin. Especially since the Zhou Dynasty, when a prince or noble dies, his descendants will give him a posthumous title to sum up his life's merits and demerits. For this reason, there is the "Explanation of Posthumous Laws".
The posthumous title is basically a word, which is nothing more than Zhuang, Hui, Wen, Xiang, Huan, Wu, etc. Each word has its own specific meaning, and the words are concise and comprehensive.
However, when Emperor Qin Shihuang arrived, he believed that the posthumous title was "to use ministers to judge the emperor", so he directly canceled it, and the Chehous below also no longer had posthumous titles.
But today, Heifu has restored the posthumous method. First, he must give posthumous titles to the two "dead people" who will hold a "funeral", namely, Young Master Gao and Fusu.
The Confucian scholars were so happy that they were like monkeys after seeing a toy. They threw away the three plans of restoring Zhou rites, promoting feudalism, and advocating rites and music. They scrambled for the first place and argued over this matter for several days.
Initially, the subject of the debate was, which posthumous title should Gongzi Gao receive in "mourning" and "mourning"? "What's the difference?" When Fengchang Lujia came to report with a brief book, Heifu frowned and asked:
"If you die early in the middle of the year, it is called mourning; if you perform labor and sacrifice without restraint, it is called mourning; if you are afraid, it is called mourning."
Lu Jia added: "If a fleas is alone and short, it is called mourning; if Gongren is short, it is called mourning."
Heifu has little education and doesn't notice the difference...
"What do you think?"
"Mourning is more appropriate, but..." Lu Jia pointed out the trouble: "The prince of King Qin Zhaoxiang died early, and his posthumous title is also Prince Mourning."
Well, this is the troublesome thing about posthumous names after the Warring States Period. The princes, ministers and officials in the Spring and Autumn Period basically took all the single-character posthumous names. It is easy for future generations to repeat them. They bumped up the posthumous names with their ancestors and uncles, and met underground.
Very embarrassing.
But Lu Jia also has a solution: "Maybe you can add a word before mourning...for example, filial piety."
Xiao, this is a posthumous title that can never be wrongly used.
"Then let's call him Prince Xiaomou."
Heifu doesn't care much about the young master's height. This is just a shield for him to tamper with history.
What is really important is the title and posthumous title given to "Fusu"...
The Confucian scholars are also surprised. They once highly praised Fusu, but now, it seems that in order to please Wu Zhonghou, they have thrown out many evil posthumous titles...
I don’t know what the meaning of sadness, sorrow, and tranquility is, and what is the deep hatred between them and Fusu.
After rejecting countless ones, Heifu finally decided on one.
"Just."
"Strong determination and courage are called strength, and making up for the past is called strength!"
After Lu Jia left, Heifu silently looked to the east.
"Fusu...well, that Fusu who is still alive, far away in western Liaoning, you called him King Zhao, which means you communicated with me through the air, and your thoughts were conveyed."