In August of the first year of Jian'an, Hua Xin and Wang Lang resigned from their posts as county governors. Bai Tu entered the Muzhou Mufu after many invitations - or so the rumors said.
It's just that the documents haven't reached the court yet.
The Prefectural Mufu Office has also announced the appointments of the two people. Hua Xin is the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites, Jiaohua Lang, and Wang Lang is the head of the Ministry of Punishments.
The Grand Priest Liquor is a position only held by the Ministry of Rites, which is equivalent to the Department, equivalent to the "Honorary Department".
As for the official department of the Ministry of Rites, the white picture has been handed over to Kong Rong - not because of Kong Rong's ability, but because Kong Rong is now obsessed with writing books!
In addition to "Qie Yun", Bai Tu also compiled a lot of information on the meaning of the classics and gave it to Kong Rong to write a book.
A copy of "Qie Yun" was enough to make Kong Rong stand out among his fellow "Great Confucians", and the several commentaries on the classics secretly given to him by Bai Tu made Kong Rong feel... that he could go to heaven!
Of course, Bai Tu's selections were all those that had passed the test of the times and had no direct conflict with his ideas, and were gradually handed over to Kong Rong.
Kong Rong was a very emotional person. In order to cause trouble for Cao Cao, he could tear up the Confucian filial piety with his own hands...
It was only after Bai Tu was convinced that Kong Rong was gradually "falling in love" with him that he secretly handed over a series of scriptures and doctrines to Kong Rong.
At first, Kong Rong was shocked by Bai Tu's erudition, but he also resolutely refused this act of taking away human merit, but... now it's really good.
Firstly, he is used to it, and secondly... Kong Rong is not stupid either. He has gradually realized that the reason why Bai Tu gave up his literary skills to him is because Bai Tu does not need any "literary skills" at all, but needs more practical skills. thing.
For example, a Confucian leader who can analyze the meaning of scriptures from "different angles" for the sake of a clear picture...
From the moment Kong Rong calmly accepted his gift, Bai Tu already knew that Kong Wenju could deny all his relatives for him!
Bai Tu also hopes that when Xiao Wang grows up and the old Confucius becomes famous, then one forgery and one annotation will make the two swords invincible in the world - I said what the sage said and thought, that's what the sage said and thought. .
The Ministry of Rites has the responsibility to educate and inspect officials. The head of the Ministry of Rites must be someone Bai Tu trusts, and Kong Rong now meets this condition.
But now, although Kong Rong is also a famous Confucian scholar, he does not have the status of a leader of the Confucian community, so Bai Tu specially set up a vacant position for the great wine ceremony in the Ministry of Rites to prevent these Confucian scholars from being dissatisfied with each other. After all, Wen Wu was the first.
In fact, Kong Rong was more like a "big sacrificial wine". The real work of the department was done by Hua Xin...
For Kong Rong, Bai Tu was truly reassured, because Kong Rong himself was already obsessed with writing books and writing, and he pursued literary prowess rather than the power of the Ministry of Rites.
Actually, Bai Tu felt more at ease with Hua Xin, who was actually in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Although Hua Xin has his disgraceful side, for example... after the famous Yidai Edict incident, when Cao Cao sent people to force the palace and capture and kill Empress Fu and the prince, the person who led the troops into the palace was Hua Xin. In artistic creation , it was Hua Xin who personally pulled out Queen Fu who was hiding in the wall by her hair.
After Lao Cao's death, Cao Pi had thoughts of usurping the throne. While other Wei officials were still hesitating, Hua Xin had already gone to the palace with the corrective edict he drafted...
This image is by no means a positive one, so in the story of "all taking a boat to escape", Wang Lang was stepped on and entered the penultimate level of the chain of moral contempt.
But what Bai Tu was more interested in was Hua Xin's performance in Cao Wei.
After Cao Pi came to power, the major aristocratic families have gradually completed the transformation of their sects. The ninth-grade Zhongzheng system has been launched, and the major sects have begun to extend their tentacles in all aspects.
At this time, something happened, that is, the three palaces proposed to Cao Pi that in the future, talents would only be appointed based on their moral character, and there would be no need to test their classics. However, this proposal was suppressed by Hua Xin.
On the surface, what Sanfu said makes sense. Bai Tu also felt that reading the meaning of the scriptures is nothing more than improving one's own moral character. However, with the changes of the times, the meaning of the scriptures will always become outdated. Then directly
Isn’t it enough to just look at moral character? Why do we have to test the meaning of the scriptures? It doesn’t mean that if you don’t read the meaning of the scriptures, you have no morals...
But Bai Tu has done his homework now, so his understanding of this "episode" is also different. From a theoretical point of view, it seems that what Sanfu said makes sense, but in fact, it needs to be considered in conjunction with one point - "morality"
How is it measured? It depends on reputation! Where does reputation come from? It’s blown out...
Given the environment of the Wei State at that time, only those who had someone to help boast would be famous. Ordinary people, even children from poor families, had no one to stand up for, both internally and externally, so how could they get a reputation?
In other words, the so-called "morality" is completely the monopoly resource of these clans. They say that only having moral character can be regarded as having moral character.
Under this situation, Hua Xin was able to stick to the bottom line and at least leave an assessment standard, which has made a huge contribution to Cao Wei's checks and balances on the power of the clan.
Change it to the period of Cao Rui, when the clans have fully risen. Cao Rui clearly said that "morality is just a painted cake for the court." He expected to be meritocratic, but he was repeatedly criticized by the established clan class.
go back……
While Hua Xin was in Yuzhang, Bai Tu also saw the people he recommended. Indeed, most of them were people with real talents and practical knowledge, and many of them had little background.
In comparison, Hua Xin at least has a very good bottom line in terms of talent selection and appointment. His character is as high as the ceiling. Bai Tu doesn't have to worry about him being in the Ministry of Rites and falling to the influence of the aristocratic family.
Even thinking about it this way, Hua Xin, a person with a moral bottom line that completely blew up many social circles, was later disgraced by someone, and he seemed to have some skills.
At the same time, Hua Xin was also "induced" by Bai Tu to recommend Guan Ning and Bing Yuan - these three people were also collectively called "One Dragon", and Hua Xin was also called the Dragon Head.
"Have you ever heard of these two gentlemen when Ziyi was in Liaodong?" Bai Tu asked Tai Shici privately.
Taishi Ci had once been a "fugitive" after destroying the governor's book, and like many others, he regarded Liaodong as a holy place to avoid disaster.
Guan Ning and Bing Yuan also went to Liaodong after the advent of troubled times - whenever there was chaos in the Central Plains, it was an opportunity for Liaodong to develop.
"Mr. Guan and Mr. Genju broadcast the teachings of sages and sages in Liaodong. Even in Liaodong, followers gathered in large numbers. Even Gongsun Du paid great respect to them." When Taishi Ci was in Liaodong, he would naturally have heard of them.
The names of these two people.
"Genju" is the character of Bingyuan. Bingyuan and Taishi Ci still had some friendship, so Taishi Ci called him "zi".
"That's good. Can Ziyi take a trip to Liaodong?" Bai Tu asked.
From Jiangdong to Liaodong...if the journey goes well, we won't be able to see Taishi Ci until next year!
However, it is precisely because of the distance that Bai Tu would not be at ease if it were anyone else, and Tai Shi Ci happened to be familiar with the road.
"My lord, wait until Bai Gongli and Bai Gonghuan come out..." Taishi Ci was a little worried about Bai Tu's safety.
"The only ones who will really offend are those two or three families, and there won't be any big wars in the near future. I just have to be careful." Bai Tu also knew that this matter would benefit the world, but it also offended some people.