The great development of Confucianism is the general trend.
Confucianism is in line with the harmonious world view.
As for capitalism, class struggle, equality and freedom, etc., they seem beautiful, but in fact they are not harmonious at all, because the premise of all these is to learn to be selfish, which is not conducive to stability and harmony. Confucianism is better, and harmony is the way of the world.
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Liu Xiu was a Confucian scholar, and Deng Yu was a Confucian scholar. More than half of the civil servants and generals under his command were Confucian scholars, and it was Confucian scholars who built the country.
Confucian scholars in this era can not only study, but also fight. This is not the case in another world. Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty and Ming and Qing Dynasties can only talk but cannot fight.
The spring of Confucianism is here, this is the era of Confucianism.
Of course, it is impossible to make the Song Dynasty like that without killing the scholar-bureaucrats.
As we entered the spring of Confucianism, we soon entered the era of cruel officials.
Liu Xiu paid great attention to cruel officials and used them to suppress Confucian scholars and maintain the purity of the law.
This is external Confucianism and internal Dharma.
On the outside, it attaches great importance to Confucianism, encourages the development of Confucianism, uses Confucianism to stabilize the people, builds a harmonious society, and treats the people with leniency; but on the inside, it attaches great importance to the construction of the legal system, implements cruel law enforcement, strictly restrains officials, and treats officials very harshly.
There are laws to abide by, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strict, and violations must be prosecuted.
Although he is not as corrupt as Zhu Yuanzhang, the life of a civil servant will not be easy. It is impossible to bask in the sun leisurely and hold great power at the same time!
If you want to be an official, just be a cow or a horse!
Those old brothers and heroes were on good terms with each other, but they were too embarrassed to take action. However, the Confucian scholars and civil servants present were not on good terms with each other, but they were embarrassed to take action.
Many Confucian scholars were happy and angry at the same time, but most of them were silent. After all, you can't say that I studied to become a corrupt official. Is it necessary to have good character or to have face?
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In the sixth year of Jianwu, someone wrote a memorial saying that Feng Yi acted arbitrarily in Guanzhong and killed the magistrate of Chang'an County. He had great prestige and power, and the people surrendered to him and called him "King of Xianyang."
Liu Xiu turned over the memorial and fell silent.
Then, someone wrote a letter saying that Feng Yi had a disobedient heart.
Liu Xiu flipped through the memorial and finally handed it to the prince and said, "Prince, what do you think?"
The prince looked through the memorial and said: "This memorial is a slander. Feng Yi is so loyal to his father, how can he be disloyal!"
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "At the beginning, Deng Feng was my general and was loyal to me. He was conferred the title of General Polu, but he still rebelled. As for Peng Chong, when the foundation of Hebei was initially established, he had great contributions, but he still rebelled.
You've rebelled. How can you ensure that Feng Yi doesn't have second thoughts!"
"As a human being, don't forget your original intention! But on the road, many people forget their original intention and find it difficult to keep their duty!"
The prince was silent, not knowing what to say.
Liu Xiudao: "Remember, the first rule of being an emperor is not to believe in human nature. Human nature is unreliable. Don't test human nature. Human nature cannot withstand the test! Those who want to test human nature and want to pass a certain event,
Testing love and testing loyalty are both fools!"
The prince said: "Why don't we recruit Feng Yi back and replace him with someone else to station in Guanzhong?"
Liu Xiudao: "If Feng Yi is unreliable, how can you be sure that others are reliable? Even if he is reliable, Guanzhong is a quagmire. Feng Yi can still stabilize the situation by relying on his prestige. But other people have parachuted there. Once someone deliberately provokes,
It’s the chaos in Guanzhong! For the emperor, stability trumps everything else.”
"Remember, the second rule of being an emperor is to try but believe in human nature. As the saying goes, if you use people for their strengths, there will be all the people in the world who can be used; if you use people for your shortcomings, there will be no people in the world who can be used. Don't be too demanding on civil servants and generals who have both ability and political integrity.
A lot of the time, that’s almost it!”
Liu Xiu immediately sent these impeachment memorials to Guanzhong and handed them to Feng Yi.
This move can not only be interpreted as Liu Xiu's trust in Feng Yi, but also implies that the court was already on guard and used both kindness and power.
Feng Yi was frightened when he saw these letters. He also understood the meaning of the letters and immediately wrote a letter to apologize.
Liu Xiu then wrote back: "General, to me, from the perspective of justice, I am a monarch and a minister, and from a personal perspective, I am like a father and son. Will I still be suspicious of you? Why should you worry?"
After Guanzhong was basically pacified, Feng Yi went to Beijing for a pilgrimage. Liu Xiu warmly received him and said to the ministers present: "This is the chief secretary when I raised the army. He helped me overcome all obstacles and pacify Guanzhong."
After the interview, Liu Xiu sent Zhonghuangmen to give Feng Yi treasures, clothes, money, silk and other things. He also talked about their old friendship, and Feng Yi responded by talking about his old feelings.
Feng Yi stayed in the capital for more than a day before returning to his base.
Liu Xiu ordered Feng Yi's wife and children to accompany him to show his absolute trust in him.
As for the family, there is no need to stay in Luoyang as hostages.
If he really wanted to rebel, and there were hostages, it would still be rebellion. Instead of doing this, it would be better for Ren Feng Yi's family to go with him as a favor.
"Father, I am more kind to Feng Yi. Feng Yi must be loyal!" the prince said.
"Generally speaking, Feng Yi will not rebel. After all, the world is now settled and there is no future for rebellion. And I am a kind king and treat my ministers well... But after all, there are exceptions to everything. If Feng Yi gets confused,
If you want to rebel, I have a strategy!"
"Geng Chun is stationed in the Biyang area, which is the barrier between Luoyang and Guanzhong. Once Feng Yi rebels and joins forces with Kai Xiao, Geng Chun can also block him west of Tongguan!" Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Remember, when you are the emperor,
The third rule is to always leave yourself a backup plan and a trump card to guard against unexpected events!"
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A few years later, the army conquering Shu, led by the commander of the North Route Army, General Zang Gong of Auxiliary Wei, and the commander of the South Route Army, Grand Sima Wu Han, attacked the city and captured the territory, and successively approached the city of Chengdu, and began a protracted siege.
However, the Shu army was not easy to fight.
The bloody battle lasted for a long time, and the Han army suffered losses in the battle.
In the end, Chengdu ran out of food and supplies and could no longer hold on, so the city surrendered to the Han army.
Zhang Kan, the prefect of Shu County, was in charge of the place, so he entered the city first. The first thing he did after entering the city was to go through the storehouses and collect the treasures. Qiu was not selfish, so he kept them all in order, compiled a list, and quickly sent it to Luoyang for submission.
Liu Xiu then announced the announcement to appease the officials and the people, and everyone in Shu was very happy.
Three days later, Wu Han led his troops into the city and launched a brutal retaliatory massacre, and the situation suddenly got out of control.
Therefore, Wu Han ordered that the whole family of Gongsun Shu and Yancen be killed. No one, old or young, was spared. After the killings, the hatred was still unresolved. Zhang Kan had already sealed up the treasures in the treasury and could not touch them. Then he massacred the family and bloodbathed Chengdu.
Leave a lasting reputation.
Liu Xiu was furious when he heard the news and fell silent.
"Prince, what do you think?" Liu Xiu asked again.
The prince said: "Wu Han sent troops to plunder and destroyed the name of my father's benevolence and righteousness. Should I be severely punished?"
Liu Xiu smiled again and said, "How should I be punished?"
"Strip him of his title and demote him to the rank and file of the people!" the prince said.